Monday, February 04, 2008

You Think That's Big?


The Woodford County wind turbines are rated some where around 1.6 Megawatts per unit and just under 400 feet tall. "That's Nothin'" say the French. Or would is be "c'est zero"?

The world’s largest wind turbine is now the Enercon E-126. This turbine has a rotor blade width of 413 feet. The E-126 is a more sophisticated version of the E-112, formerly the world’s largest wind turbine and rated at 6 megawatts.

This new turbine is officially rated at 6 megawatts too, but will mostly likely produce 7+ megawatts (or 20 million kilowatt hours per year). That’s enough to power about 1,775 American homes per year on one wind turbine.

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