A Vestas wind turbine photographed in Denmark. The company said Tuesday that it will launch an onshore wind turbine tower with a center height of 199 meters.
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Danish company Vestas said on Tuesday that it has kicked off an onshore wind turbine tower with a center height measuring 199 meters (just under 653 feet), in the latest example of how the field is transforming. larger structures.
In a statement, the Aarhus-based company described it as “the world’s tallest onshore tower for wind turbines.”
Vestas said the launch was made in collaboration with German business Max Bögl.
Vestas says the tower’s height will make it “able to capture stronger and more stable winds” and boost the turbine’s power production.
“Especially for projects in Central Europe that are often limited in terms of available planning space, this makes an important contribution to the maximization of green power generation,” it added.
The tower is designed to use Vestas’ V172-7.2MW turbine. The idea is to use it in Germany and Austria. Installations will be made available in 2025.
The tower uses both concrete and steel, combining what Vestas calls its own “proprietary technology” and Max Bögl.
Tower is Important components of wind turbine, with vital kits consisting of steel thread and blades resting on them. The U.S. Department of Energy defines a turbine’s center height as “the distance from the ground to the center of the turbine’s rotor.”
The DOE added that the center height for onshore, utility-scale turbines “has increased 66% since 1998–1999, to approximately 94 meters (308 feet) by 2021.” This statue is about the same height as the Statue of Liberty.
At 199 meters, the central height of Vestas will be significantly higher.
The growing size of wind turbines has led to concerns about whether the port infrastructure, highways and ships used to install turbines at sea can cope. Though, The era of “super-sized” turbines is fast approaching.
Along with the onshore field, offshore turbines have also grown in size over the past few years. For instance, GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X offshore turbine boasts a height of up to 260 meters and blades measuring 107 meters.
The last few years have seen a number of large offshore wind projects take shape. At the beginning of September, Danish energy company Orsted said “the largest offshore wind farm in the world” fully operational.
Looking to the future, this month also saw the White House announce they are targeting 15 gigawatts of offshore floating wind capacity in 2035.
“The Biden-Harris Administration is taking concerted actions to develop new offshore wind platforms, an emerging clean energy technology that will give the United States a lead in offshore wind,” a statement also read. The US Department of the Interior announced, said.
The announcement said the 15 GW target would provide enough clean energy to power more than 5 million homes. It builds on the administration’s goal of reaching 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, a current ambition that will mostly be met by fixed bottom installations.
