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World's Largest Wind Turbine

Posted by michael on from the it's-a-chopper-baby dept.

PeteJones writes "'Construction work on the REpower 5M was successfully completed last night with the installation of the rotor. Thus the main work on the prototype of the 5-megawatt, world's largest wind turbine has finally been completed.' The pictures are quite impressive. With 3 18-ton rotor blades pumping out 5 MW I wonder if my neighbours would mind one in my backyard?"

2 of 445 comments (clear)

  1. Re:New from Ronco. by MouseR · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah... I bet the bird collector down at the bottom is quite large.

  2. Re:Wind Requirement by pmazer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Convert to mph or your favorite units at will.

    "I believe I read that it will run with winds of between 7.82927702 mph and 55.9234073 mph. With a nominal wind of 29.0801718 mph."