The world's largest turbine blade
The white rotating wind turbines have become something of a trademark of the Danish environmental industry. The company LM Glassfiber is a leading producer of turbine blades in Denmark, and the producer of the huge LM 61.5.
White blade, green energy, grey day. The world's largest turbine blade on its way to Copenhagen. (Photo: LMGlasfiber)
The white rotating wind turbines have become something of a trademark of the Danish environmental industry. The company LM Glassfiber is a leading producer of turbine blades in Denmark, and the producer of the huge LM 61.5. The LM 61.5 is as the name suggests 61.5 meters long, and a rotor equipped with three of these can produce up to 5MW a year. 5MW is enough to power 5000 European households, and when produced by wind power can help save CO2 emissions corresponding to 180 000 tons.
Progress
The LM 61.5 represent a huge leap in turbine technology; no more than 25 years ago the maximum diameter of the largest wind turbines was just 15 meters, producing 50KW of electricity. The 18.8 ton blade was developed mainly for offshore projects, and some of them are currently harnessing the wind off the coast of Germany, Scotland and Belgium. During development it was exposed to extreme loads and bending to ensure a life span of twenty years.
Decoration
The blade pictured above decorated the main entrance at the Bella Center during the as part of the Wind Power Works Campaign in collaboration with GWEC, the Global Wind Energy Council and Vindmølleindustrien, the Danish wind industry association.
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