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China unveils kit to test 35MW wind turbines. News comes just days after 26MW machine was rolled out by another Chinese OEM as supersizing of wind turbines shows no sign of abating. (www.rechargenews.com)
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[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Is there any benefit to supersizing wind turbines? Is it more cost effective, or is the main benefit the reduced land use?

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 days ago

So when the aliens invade we can blow them away

[–] SourCape@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 4 days ago

The power produced by wind turbines is directly proportional to the area swept out by the turbines (and thus their lengths)