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I don't think 100m wind turbines on Mars are feasible anytime soon. Even Starship has only a 18m high cargo area, so even if we assume that blades are assembled

I don't think 100m wind turbines on Mars are feasible anytime soon. Even Starship has only a 18m high cargo area, so even if we assume that blades are assembled out of two parts in-place, you get only a 40m radius. That reduces the average power to just 10 kW. Furthermore, I think your average 10 m/s is an overestimation -- the source gives it as the high limit outside of dust storms.

qayxc 5y ago
> I think your average 10 m/s is an overestimation -- the source gives it as the high limit outside of dust storms. You misread the source then - peaks during sandstorms are 17 - 30 m/s² with 10 m/s² being the annual average. > I don't think 100m wind turbines on Mars are feasible anytime soon. Manufacturing of the wind turbine is assumed to entirely take place on-site. Wind power is not something for a "starter station/settlement". The question was about general viability and given local manufacturing capabilities, wind power isn't completely useless on Mars.
- Denvercoder9 5y ago
  > You misread the source then - peaks during sandstorms are 17 - 30 m/s² with 10 m/s² being the annual average. Where on the page? The only wind speed related data I can see is this: > Wind speeds: 2-7 m/s (summer), 5-10 m/s (fall), 17-30 m/s (dust storm) (Viking Lander sites) Also m/s² isn't the correct unit for wind speed, since it's a unit of acceleration, not speed.