ENERCON E126 - The World's Largest Wind Turbine

This is the Enercon E-126, the first wind turbine with 6 MW rated power, rotor diameter: 126m (413ft), hub height: 135m(450ft). Two of these giant wind power units have been built for testing at an onshore location, Rysumer Nacken, near Emden, in the northwest of Germany.
Here each WPU is expected to produce about 18 Mio kWh per year, enough for more than 4,500 homes.

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[slutformoney]

@thankyaverymuch Thats true... they have NO contribution to C02 emissions(as they emit not C02) . Good Point!

[slutformoney]

@Mr08ShelbyGt500 Yes they do. Also the red markings you see on the tower and the blades are day time markings in Europe

[slutformoney]

@HWGuyEG The lifespan of the turbine is 20-25 years... During that time the turbine wouldnt pay for itself if it cost 68 Million(Not sure what currency your even talking about), so no one would purchase one. I work for Enercon, and I know for a fact they are selling lots of these machines... and for the price I mentioned

[HWGuyEG]

@slutformoney

11M... hmm, must be more EU corruption because they booked the installation of 1 as 68M.

[slutformoney]

@HWGuyEG

The E-126 is not 68 Million, where did you get this figure from. It is 11 million EUR

[trotskydolan]

@HWGuyEG they are funny looking links. No nucelar chain reaction has ever been carried out with Thorium as fuel. Its a nice idea but it hasnt been achieved yet, so to assert that 'some reactor designs can be converted to use Thorium' is just a pure conjecture.

[HWGuyEG]

@trotskydolan

Enercon E-126 6MW $68 Million

Russian nuclear subs have reactors between 100 and 300 MW and cost $50-80 million.

That includes the starting fuel supply which lasts 8-25 years depending on the reactor used.

Some reactor designs can be converted to use Thorium, in which case the cost of fuel is $0.

[trotskydolan]

@HWGuyEG so, can you link me to the cost of a russian nuclear reactor for use in ships as opposed to the cost of the e-126? Also how much does refined uranium cost these days?

[KBChronicler1]

@mca842418 The same vestas the is laying off 2300 people worldwide? Or fell the 7th in the world the last 2 years? Isle of Wight ringing any bells in your mind? Enercon and Areva/Multibrid are the biggest and best today! Vestas, maybe 20 years ago sure, but so was Nokia...

[Mr08ShelbyGt500]

I wonder if the wind turbine had warning lights for airplanes.