• LesserAbe@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Seems like the answer is yes because this is how they’re making it - is it more efficient to generate power with one giant turbine vs a bunch of smaller turbines of equivalent volume?

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      1 year ago

      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.

    • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      I suspect it’s certainly cheaper overall.

      Building at sea isn’t cheap, even in shallower waters. Fewer big foundations is going to be easier than many smaller ones.