Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 个月前‘World’s largest offshore wind farm’ produces power for the first timewww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down16cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1392arrow-down1external-link‘World’s largest offshore wind farm’ produces power for the first timewww.euronews.comBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 个月前message-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squaresushibowllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·9 个月前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.
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.