Re:How the Biggest Plane Would Supersize Wind Energy
by NikkiA on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:00PM
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Also, wind farms with giant blades tend not to be built close to airports, for some obscure reason.
Re:How the Biggest Plane Would Supersize Wind Energy
by gnicholas on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @07:00PM
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Obviously because they put airports where there isn't wind.
Re:How the Biggest Plane Would Supersize Wind Energy
by _ph_ on Saturday March 16, 2024 @07:50AM
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Depends on your definition of "close". There is a wind farm pretty close to the Berlin airport, but certainly some miles away.
Re:How the Biggest Plane Would Supersize Wind Energy
by giarc on Friday March 15, 2024 @12:41PM
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Looks like they load 2 blades at a time. Check out the image on their site.
https://radia.com/windrunner
Re:How the Biggest Plane Would Supersize Wind Energy
by tromp on Saturday March 16, 2024 @04:45AM
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The image 3/4 down the page directly under "Specifications" with the transparency slider shows the rear of the plane only fitting the narrow tip end.
It can fit multiple smaller blades but only 1 very large blade.
Also, I hope they've done their homework on NIMBY pushback on land which is pretty effective against wind farms even with regular sized turbines.