Extraordinary contra-rotating floating wind turbines to begin testing

Image credit: Contra-rotating vertical turbines could radically improve yield and reduce LCoE for floating offshore wind projects. Image credit: World Wide Wind. Article by Loz Blain. New Atlas – November 1, 2023. Source: World Wide Wind.

A wildly innovative turbine that could halve the cost of offshore wind is set to go into testing in Norway. The 19-m (62-ft), 30-kW, contra-rotating vertical-axis turbine is a prototype of a design that could scale to unprecedented size and power. […]

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