World's Biggest Wind Turbines Make Jumbo Jets Look Tiny
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Chris Ratcliffe
The sun sets beyond wind turbines and electricity power lines near Fjerritslev, Denmark, on April 17.
Often derided as a blot on rural landscapes, wind turbines got bigger and stronger than ever anyway. The next generation are even larger and designed to withstand an Arctic battering.
The granddaddy of them all is a machine with rotors that cut a 538-foot (164-meter) swath made by a Vestas Wind Systems venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. A single blade is 80 meters, about the entire wingspan of an Airbus A380 jumbo jet. In the intensely competitive wind turbine business, it's rare for executives to allow a close-up look of what they're developing, lest they tip off rivals. Vestas allo...
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