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The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On (www.iflscience.com)
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The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On::It’s turbo time.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes I figured as much, and added it to my comment.

It's an impressive turbine, but whether it succeeds commercially remains to be seen.

It beats the Vestas 15 MW turbine, which has been tested for 3 years, and goes into production next year.

PS. The Vestas turbine is 280 meters high.