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"Modern-day wind turbines are constructed using mostly concrete and steel,
topped by the fiberglass composite blades mounted to the nacelle that houses
the gearbox and generator, along with much of the control systems. With the
ever increasing sizes of these turbines transporting the components to the
installation location is a harrowing task, something which Swedish company
Modvion claims to improve upon with its wooden tower elements that come mostly
packaged flat, for on-site assembly. The BBC recently took a look at the first
of these partially wooden wind turbine towers. At 105 meters tall, it features
a standard V90-2.0MW turbine and blades.
Rather than using concrete slabs at the base with steel tower segments on top,
or a fully steel tower like with most wind turbines, Modvion uses segments of
layered wood which it calls ‘the module‘. These are assembled out of 144 layers
of 3 mm thick spruce, with ring segments assembled on-site. This means that
multiple of these modules can be stacked onto a standard truck with no concerns
that come with oversized transports. According to Modvion these wooden towers
should last about the same number of years as their steel counterparts."
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
