Researchers working to further develop monopile production for offshore wind farms
E-Mail IMAGE: Materials researchers at Saarland University and mechanical engineers at RWTH Aachen University working to further develop monopile production for offshore wind farms. view more Credit: Steelwind Nordenham With an output of around ten megawatts, today's wind turbines on the open sea have enormous dimensions. Their gigantic nacelles - with a generator, rotor and rotor blades spanning more than 100 meters - stand atop a steel tower. This tower, in turn, rests in the sea on colossal steel pipes known as monopiles, currently measuring up to ten meters in diameter and wei...
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