Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago‘World’s largest offshore wind farm’ produces power for the first timewww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down15
arrow-up1389arrow-down1external-link‘World’s largest offshore wind farm’ produces power for the first timewww.euronews.comBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squaresushibowl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoYes, it is. Because the area of wind that a turbine can capture is pi*r^2, (where r is the length of the blades), the area increases with the square of the blade length. So doubling blade length gives you four times the wind area.
Yes, it is. Because the area of wind that a turbine can capture is pi*r^2, (where r is the length of the blades), the area increases with the square of the blade length. So doubling blade length gives you four times the wind area.