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Given the huge promise of terrestrial wind farms, it seems like someone is right now figuring out a way to either a) fabricate them on-site, or b) fly the parts
by hyperbovine 7y ago
Given the huge promise of terrestrial wind farms, it seems like someone is right now figuring out a way to either a) fabricate them on-site, or b) fly the parts in via drone or dirigible.
- RandallBrown 7y agoGE is definitely working on this. A friend of mine was telling me they have pretty elaborate setups for welding or connecting the pieces of the blades while out in the field.
- colechristensen 7y agoI have driven alongside trucks carrying single turbine blades on midwest highways many times and I can tell you many people would be very uncomfortable seeing something even larger flying across the countryside.
- frandroid 7y agoCame here to say the same thing--Looks like they're doing enough business to consider blimps.
- dgaudet 7y agoflying heavy components in a location where the winds are strong enough for wind power generation might pose some exciting challenges.
- hannob 7y agoBoth seem pretty challenging. Building "on-site" is tough because the "sites" are by definition scattered around, often in the countrysite with little infrastructure. On one site you only have a handful of turbines to install. Flying large objects is challenging. There have been attempts to transport large cargo with zeppelins, but it's more of a failure story of German industry politics [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CargoLifter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CargoLifter