First turbine installed at giant offshore wind farm (576 MW, UK)

[jpak]

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/business/business-news/first-siemens-turbine-installed-rwe-3867047

THE FIRST of 160 wind turbines has been installed at the huge Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm eight miles off the North Wales coast.

With a planned capacity of 576 megawatts (MW) Gwynt y Môr is one of the largest offshore wind farms currently in construction in Europe and is the largest project by RWE npower renewables.

The installation of the turbine marks a major milestone in the construction of the £2bn wind farm which, once fully operational, will be capable of generating enough energy from the wind to power around a third of the total number of households in Wales.

The 3.6 megawatt (MW) Siemens turbine was fitted in Liverpool Bay, using the SeaJack vessel.

[Buzz Clik]

1. If one of the blades from a fast turbine were to break off while spinning at full speed ...

... would the blade leave the earth's gravitational pull and maybe get wedged in the moon?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2857460

?w=584&h=438

[zappaman]

2. Very possible, but

I worry more about the cancer this wind turbine will cause.

[jpak]

3. Run!

[zappaman]

4. I don't think running would do much good

when a giant blade can be whisked by the wind up to a mile away!

[madokie]

5. I know that to be true

for I read it on the DU. Why yes I did. Its there in big capitalized letters