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TLDR: This is a real thing, turbines have built in protection, and there innovating on the whole system to really do this. It's a potential game changer vs. try
by bretpiatt 3y ago
TLDR: This is a real thing, turbines have built in protection, and there innovating on the whole system to really do this. It's a potential game changer vs. trying to build seawalls or levees.
Read more, "Taming hurricanes with arrays of offshore wind turbines", https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2120 https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2120
...and..., "Wind Turbines in Extreme Weather: Solutions for Hurricane Resiliency", https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/wind-turbines-extreme-weather-solutions-hurricane-resiliency https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/wind-turbines-extreme-w...
- theultdev 3y agoI'm aware of the current built in protections we deploy for land installations. Those prototypes for hurricane prone sea installations do look promising though, especially the downwind blades. Looking forward to seeing successful test data for these blades, it's certainly not going to be easy to withstand these forces.