Wind Turbines are those turning things that generate energy when blown by wind. In the old times, the same idea is called windmill. Modern turbines are some 80 meters high (roughly 20 stories), and usually in clusters of tens of them, forming a wind farm. It is a hallmark of technology, a awe-inspiring beauty to behold. It is one of modern clean energy resource.
A array of gargantuan wind turbines. Majestic.
Each one is 102m tall, about 30 stories tall.
The place is called Middelgrunden.
It is located 2 km off shore east of Copenhagen, Denmark.
[Copenhagen, Denmark][ http://maps.google.com/maps?q=55.692179%2C12.670509 ]
[image source http://windtrust.eu/News--Events/Gallery/Gone-With-The-Offshore.kl ]
Giant wind turbines at
Aapua wind park,
Aapua, Norrbotten, Sweden.
[Aapua wind park][ http://maps.google.com/maps?q=66.830314%2C23.463009 ]
Photo taken from one of the turbine's engine cabin. There are a total of 7 of them. Each is 78 m high, with rotor diameter of 82 m.
〔Photo by Anders Bockgård, 2006-03-13. Used with permission.〕
Wind turbines in Neuenkirchen, Dithmarschen. Picture taken in Westerkoog,
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
〔photo by Dirk Ingo Franke. Used with permission.〕
Wind turbines near
Aalborg, Denmark.
Giant windturbines, somewhere around eastern area of Germany, 2003. Each of these are about 20 stories tall.
Giant windturbines, somewhere around eastern area of Germany, 2003. Each of these are about 20 stories tall.
Wind turbine on a rest stop near highway I80, Adel, Iowa, USA.
[Adel, Iowa, USA][ http://maps.google.com/maps?q=41.49%2C-94.32 ]
2004-09.
It is made of 25 sections, each is about 170 cm, so the total height is about 42 meters or 10 stories high.
