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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 07:42 PM
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Worlds largest wind turbine that has bearings and things to go
astray while this Maglev version seemingly would require little if any maintenance.

Worlds largest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQxp6QTjgJg&feature=related

Maglev, two gigawatts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Qs2gFlt-o&NR=1&feature=fvwp
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 07:44 PM
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1. wow...............
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 07:46 PM
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2. They look so small until you see them near a person
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obxhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 07:57 PM
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3. Thats a really cool redesign for wind power. k/r
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Beartracks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 08:10 PM
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4. Very cool idea. Impressive. n/t
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 08:14 PM
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5. Ain't that beautiful?! k&r
Edited on Tue Jun-29-10 08:16 PM by polichick
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 08:52 PM
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6. Cool
Maybe they can test it in my neck of the woods. Our local university is in process of testing the Gamesa G10x:

http://www.wtamu.edu/news/texas-a-m-university-system-and-gamesa-technology-corp-to-collaborate-on-nation-s-largest-wind-turbine.aspx
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-30-10 03:40 AM
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7. Easy to claim "low maintenance" for something they haven't built yet
Much, much harder to believe them. If something is so technologically advanced that you aren't able to build it yet, then you really have no clue about the maintenance costs for it.
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-30-10 04:05 AM
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8. 13 have been built and operational
The first turbine of this model was installed in Emden, Germany in 2007.<3> A total of thirteen turbines of this model were erected as of December 2009, most of them in Germany. The biggest wind farm using this model of turbines is being constructed in Estinnes, Belgium

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enercon_E-126


This is old news BTW so your reply is even more out of date.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-30-10 04:37 AM
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9. No, that's the type with "bearings and things to go astray" that the OP is criticising
The OP is singing the praises of a theoretical vertical axis maglev turbine with frictionless bearings, that so far exists as a CGI animation in the 2nd link in the OP.

I'm convinced by the real turbines, like the Enercon ones. I'm very sceptical about 'low maintenance' cutting-edge technology devices that haven't been built yet.
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-30-10 04:46 AM
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10. OK... agree...
Didn't look at the second link and in theory it looks promising but
I doubt the Arizona company will have the resources to get one going any time soon.


Gotta go to work now.
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