Why We Need To Rethink Wind Turbines

Why We Need To Rethink Wind Turbines. Go to and get 20% off your subscription and a 30 day free trial with ! Wind turbines have a “big” problem. As in, they’re really big: bigger than you might think. One of the latest wind turbine designs sports a swept area of about 10 American football fields. This is generally desirable, especially for offshore wind turbines. More height and larger diameters mean more energy captured with fewer towers. But as you can probably imagine, this makes producing, transporting, and installing these things a colossal undertaking. And as wind turbine manufacturers have competed against each other, the push to maximize size has ended up undermining quality. For more future wind turbine tech, check out How Can A Wind Turbine Be Motionless? Why Are Floating Wind Turbines So Huge? Video script and citations: Get my achieve energy security with solar guide: Follow-up podcast: Video version - Audio version - Join the Undecided Discord server: 👋 Support Undecided on Patreon! ⚙️ Gear & Products I Like Great sustainable products for your home: Visit my Energysage Portal: Research solar panels and get quotes for free! Or find community solar near you: For a curated solar buying experience EnergyPal’s free personalized quotes: Tesla Referral Code: Get 1,000 free supercharging miles or a discount on Tesla Solar & Powerwalls 👉 Follow Me Mastodon @mattferrell Twitter Instagram Facebook Website 📺 YouTube Tools I Recommend Audio file(s) provided by Epidemic Sound TubeBuddy VidIQ I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn’t put them here if I didn’t like them. Your purchase helps support the channel and the videos I produce. Thank you.