World’s Largest Wind Turbine Blade Arrived in UK

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We may never see a movie called “Blade Runner 2019,” but some of the scenes unfolding in Blyth, a port in the northernmost county of England in the U.K., are worthy of a science-fiction epic. The world’s largest wind turbine blade has just arrived in the town after a nearly two-day voyage through the English Channel and the North Sea from Saint-Nazaire, a port in western France.

The size of the blade, which will form the rotor of GE’s Haliade-X 12 MW, the world’s largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine, ... More: Official Press Release GE Renewable Energy

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