Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago‘World’s largest offshore wind farm’ produces power for the first timewww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1392arrow-down1external-link‘World’s largest offshore wind farm’ produces power for the first timewww.euronews.comBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresushibowl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·9 months 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.