What's this a picture of?
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wrote on 14 Feb 2021, 15:17 last edited by
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wrote on 14 Feb 2021, 15:23 last edited by
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I think it’s a modern windmill, wind powered electricity generator, installed in the middle of a traffic rotary/round-about.
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I think it’s a modern windmill, wind powered electricity generator, installed in the middle of a traffic rotary/round-about.
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wrote on 14 Feb 2021, 15:31 last edited by George K@axtremus that's right. Awesome picture.
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Giants on the Move by Rasmus Degnbol
A 78-metre-long blade for an offshore wind turbine seen crossing a roundabout in the city of Tarp, Denmark
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wrote on 14 Feb 2021, 16:51 last edited by
A few years ago we were on vacation in a Norway close to a factory for windmills. We saw several of these trucks every night, surrounded by safety cars.
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wrote on 14 Feb 2021, 17:58 last edited by
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It is just the wing of the windmill, right?
Or is it actually installed there?
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wrote on 14 Feb 2021, 18:24 last edited by
Some wind farms are so large, It would seem logical and even cost effective to construct a manufacturing facility on site for parts. I understand the process to manufacture and to dispose of such blades when their useful life is over, is not all that environmentally friendly.
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Some wind farms are so large, It would seem logical and even cost effective to construct a manufacturing facility on site for parts. I understand the process to manufacture and to dispose of such blades when their useful life is over, is not all that environmentally friendly.
wrote on 14 Feb 2021, 18:28 last edited by Copper@mark said in What's this a picture of?:
I understand the process to manufacture and to dispose of such blades when their useful life is over, is not all that environmentally friendly.
And in between manufacture and disposal it's not that friendly either.
https://www.fws.gov/birds/bird-enthusiasts/threats-to-birds/collisions/wind-turbines.php
Over 200 species of bird have been documented as killed by collision with wind turbines.
The most comprehensive and statistically sound estimates show that bird deaths from turbine collisions are between 140,000 and 500,000 birds per year.More deaths than covid-19
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wrote on 14 Feb 2021, 19:22 last edited by
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Wind turbine blade
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These go by my house sometimes.
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wrote on 15 Feb 2021, 03:58 last edited by
I think this was posted on the old forum board, but it is a video of a transport of a wind turbine blade on a narrow road and making a 90 degrees turn. Quite impressive
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wrote on 15 Feb 2021, 04:09 last edited by
Awesome video
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wrote on 15 Feb 2021, 12:42 last edited by
Awesome indeed. I wonder who's steering the wheels on the trailer.
In the US, long ("Hook and Ladder") fire trucks have someone steering the rear of the vehicle.
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