50 MWe wind turine design at Uiv of Virginia, 200 m blades (SUMR)
50 MWe wind turine design at Uiv of Virginia, 200 m blades (SUMR)
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Based on the below link, it was announced that Sandia labs + univ of Virginia are investigating the design of a 50 MWe wind turbine, with 200m long individual blades. Called a segmented ultralight morphing rotor ( SUMR) , it uses flexible backward inclined blades that will fold into themselves during high wind conditions, similar to a palm leaf.
No mention of how they were going to lift the generator 300 m into the air.
No mention of how they were going to lift the generator 300 m into the air.
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RE: 50 MWe wind turine design at Uiv of Virginia, 200 m blades (SUMR)
RE: 50 MWe wind turine design at Uiv of Virginia, 200 m blades (SUMR)
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
RE: 50 MWe wind turine design at Uiv of Virginia, 200 m blades (SUMR)
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.