The first giant 15 MW turbine is up at Germany's largest offshore wind farm

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fnands · 2d ago

> And it’s being built without any government subsidies.

Important milestone there. It's great to see that green energy projects are largely economically feasible without subsidies these days.

Havoc · 2d ago

So wind turbines have inertia in the same way coal generators do? Ie rotating mass helps grid stability?

p_l · 2d ago

Depends on model, but some turbines are very much designed to provide frequency stabilisation so long as you can instruct what the phase should be at given time

kiney · 2d ago

normally no. Modern wind turbines have electric inverters that decouple rotation speed from grid frequency

Havoc · 18h ago

Pity but I guess it makes sense given variable wind

adaml_623 · 2d ago

From Google:

The turbine model V236-15.0 MW from Vestas features a capacity of 15 MW and a 236-meter diameter rotor with hub height of about 145 meter, highest tip of 263 meter.

... 236 meters

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The first giant 15 MW turbine is up at Germany's largest offshore wind farm

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