• Question: how big is the biggest windturbine

    Asked by dan33 to Cathy, Jaz, Mark, Roma, Rory on 23 Jun 2014.
    • Photo: Cathy Fraser

      Cathy Fraser answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      I think it’s currently being built just off the coast of Scotland, near Fife.
      It’s a 196m tall, 7MW turbine — which is apparently capable of powering 4,800 homes.
      Pretty incredible!

    • Photo: Jaz Rabadia

      Jaz Rabadia answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      Looks like cathy has the answer. Ive climbed to the top of a wind turbine… and its a long way up! Spectacular views and they are not as noisy as you may think 🙂

    • Photo: Mark Greaves

      Mark Greaves answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      Cathy has this one covered.

      We are currently planning to put a wind turbine at one of our sites, we are going for a 500 kW turbine that is 78 m tall. Tiny compared to the biggest one though.

    • Photo: Roma Agrawal

      Roma Agrawal answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      Wow Cathy, that’s big! Don’t forget @dan33 that a structural engineer made sure it stands up safely 🙂

    • Photo: Rory Hadden

      Rory Hadden answered on 24 Jun 2014:

      Wow, that’s massive!

      7MW is a lot of energy. In fire terms its about the same power as 2 cars burning! 🙂

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