China installs world’s 1st 18 MW wind turbine, to power 36,000 homes/yr

3 comments

1. Again, rubbish source, it’s basically the onion

2. > The turbine’s rotor diameter is a whopping 853 feet (260 m), and it sweeps an area of over 570,000 square feet (53,000 square meters)

   I wonder when they will stop growing further.

3. Is there any major benefit to making a wind turbine that big?