For the turbines in the ocean, do they require a similar concrete base? Do they pump the water out to pour it, or do they just drop it onto the ocean floor, and let it land on top of whatever sea life is down there?
Great question, for what I know they use concrete all the way up to a few meters over the surface, and in any case there's gotta be a massive concrete foot to prevent the structure from tipping over.
These structures can be up to 150m tall, plus 50-100m for the wing. The old WTC twin towers was 400m tall. Burj Khalifa, tallest building in the world is 828m tall. All that for a maximum of 8MW, if it's windy.
A modern nuclear reactor gives an output between 1GW - 2GW
For the turbines in the ocean, do they require a similar concrete base? Do they pump the water out to pour it, or do they just drop it onto the ocean floor, and let it land on top of whatever sea life is down there?
Great question, for what I know they use concrete all the way up to a few meters over the surface, and in any case there's gotta be a massive concrete foot to prevent the structure from tipping over.
These structures can be up to 150m tall, plus 50-100m for the wing. The old WTC twin towers was 400m tall. Burj Khalifa, tallest building in the world is 828m tall. All that for a maximum of 8MW, if it's windy.
A modern nuclear reactor gives an output between 1GW - 2GW