Saturday, June 6, 2009

Wind-turbine blades are huge

See the train in the trestle in this pic? Today I drove under it and there was a parked train full of blades for wind-turbine electric generators. One blade spanned the street. It's a 6-lane divided street. It was about 2 1/2 miles of train with those blades, which are apparently twice as long as a standard rail car.


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The blades could have been as big as this prototype of a huge one. Maybe even bigger.

The website* describes it as:
GE Wind Energy's 3.6 megawatt wind turbine is one of the largest prototypes ever erected. Larger wind turbines are more efficient and cost effective.

These were NOT made in China. Trust me, they are waaaaaay too big to fit in a container.


* http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/wind_how.html


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  1. UnknownJune 6, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    Interesting that most of T. Boone's Wind Turbines are from a Danish Company, built in Vietnam and imported through Portland USA: Spain is also a major player in Wind Mill Turbines!

    Those in Fort Worth might be coming in from Portland and represent an investment by someone of $3 million a piece!

    Here are some other sites that cover them:

    http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2009/03/green-it-is-had-to-be-really-green.html

    http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4028

    http://earth2tech.com/2008/04/14/t-boone-pickens-kicking-off-the-worlds-largest-wind-farm/

    http://freddallas.blogspot.com/2009/05/bbcs-ethical-man-in-amerika-he-dropped.html

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  2. Claudia WilsonJune 7, 2009 at 10:13 AM

    Dang, Fred, I had no idea. Now I've got to wonder what kind of carbon footprint a ride across the Pacific for those Vietnamese blades creates. They are stupendously massive seen at ground level.

    Then I went looking for who makes 'em. Everybody wants to get into the act!
    http://energy.sourceguides.com/businesses/byP/wRP/lwindturbine/byB/mfg/byN/byName.shtml

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  3. UnknownJune 7, 2009 at 8:25 PM

    BUY AMERICAN WIND PRODUCTS FOR AMERICAN WIND!

    http://www.awea.org/

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