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Re:First large-scale deep-sea floating offshore wind farm by mikeyouse on Thursday August 10, 2017 @04:48PM (#14984079)
Large turbines like the Vestas V164 8.0MW have nominal rotor speeds of ~10RPM. This sounds pretty slow, but with a blade length of 80M, this corresponds to a tip speed of nearly 200mph. Low RPM doesn't mean low tip speeds.
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