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Re:The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On by mschuster91 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:58PM (#36922144)
A German company says they can transport blades of up to 100m length as a single piece [1]. For longer things I'd guess there is no option other than to manufacture them on site or near-site, as the Danes are doing for offshore projects [2].

[1] https://www.doll.eu/de/produkte/schwertransport/nachlaeufer-...

[2] https://www.wiwo.de/technologie/wirtschaft-von-oben/wirtscha...

Re:The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On by tjoff on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:30PM (#36922494)
That is on land, there is a reason a lot of wind production is close to a harbor.

So near-site in practice means, near-harbor.

Possibly you can have an agile vessel doing the last stretch so that you can change that to ~near-sea.

Re:The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On by jayGlow on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:33PM (#36923109)
the US Midwest has a ton of wind power, if you drive through there you have a decent chance of seeing a truck carrying a blade. pretty interesting stuff. obviously those are a lot smaller than this windmill though.
Re:The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On by fbdab103 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:25PM (#36925375)
If you drive through Iowa, it seems like you will see nothing but windmills. Just an enormous amount of installed capacity.
Re:The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On by SoftTalker on Sunday July 30, 2023 @12:18AM (#36927763)
I guess it makes sense that they put them near major roadways, for easier access, but I find driving through a wind farm to be intensely distracting. The rotation of the windmills during the day, and the strobing warning beacons at the top at night, really tend to pull my eyes off the road ahead.