World's first full-scale floating windmill 2.3MW Hywind Statoil

[randacnam7321]

*cough* Maintenance issues. *cough*

[sirtom68]

This thing would cost as much to build as the freaking Saturn V rocket.

[deroel85]

This is fantastic. Now time for a large scale introduction!

[londonkill]

yes pease the world needs more turbines like this, and less oil...

[eiler10]

newagemotor said "It's a petrolium company that's doing it. Make any sense ? "

Have you considered that the oil companies need new venues to earn their money, and therefore consider wind and wave power as projects?

[pgfracing]

A video of the real operation would have been cool.

[justintempler]

@pgfracing watch?v=EV7QtJ9PKb4

[newagemotor]

So exactily how much money will the oil companies waste on trying to proove that wind energy won't be good ? Think about it - why are they putting windmills out in deep water ? A floating windmill is bound to have terrible problems. This idea will fail. It's a petrolium company that's doing it. Make any sense ?

[justintempler]

newagemotor "It's a petrolium company that's doing it. Make any sense ? "

Oil companies think... offshore drilling platforms.

They have the experience and the equipment necessary.

[RANDOOMSHIT]

@newagemotor THEY ARE FUCKING RICH IT IS SUCSESSFULLY AS FUCK MOORON!!

[Odziz]

Geez, these guys are dinosaurs in their construction techniques. Should have floated the whole structure in one and up ended it. Job done.

[justintempler]

I don't think you realize the size of the structure. They're talking about scaling these up in size to the height of the Empire State building. (not this one in particular)

watch?v=T70cF5IW-Zg

[ekuwa69]

This is great, now just build more.