SUMR Wind Mills from US Department of Energy Will Be Taller Than Eiffel Tower

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Post by YashdharaC » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 9:53 AM UTC

SUMR Wind Mills from US Department of Energy Will Be Taller Than Eiffel Tower
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Re: SUMR Wind Mills from US Department of Energy Will Be Taller Than Eiffel Tower

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Post by YashdharaC » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 9:53 AM UTC

The SUMR (Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotors) project at US Department of Energy (ARPAE) aims to design extreme-scale blades that are 200 meters long. Such blades can power 50-megawatt wind turbines and will be taller than the Eiffel Tower.

Re: SUMR Wind Mills from US Department of Energy Will Be Taller Than Eiffel Tower

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Post by Someone » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 10:41 AM UTC

A 200m blade length (400m diameter) is quite a leap from what I think currently are the largest wind turbines:

- https://www.ge.com/renewableenergy/wind-energy/offshore-wind... (220m diameter, 14MW)

- https://www.offshorewind.biz/2021/11/12/worlds-largest-most-... (222m diameter, 15MW)

Re: SUMR Wind Mills from US Department of Energy Will Be Taller Than Eiffel Tower

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Post by YashdharaC » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 8:01 AM UTC

Someone wrote: post #3

A 200m blade length (400m diameter) is quite a leap from what I think currently are the largest wind turbines: - https://www.ge.com/renewableenergy/wind-energy/offshore-wind... (220m diameter, 14MW) - https://www.offshorewind.biz/2021/11/12/worlds-largest-most-... (222m diameter, 15MW)

Yes, they are still in design concept stage I believe and quite sometime from reality.