The 8,000 kg housing is carefully lowered onto the CARB® bearing encompassing a cast iron hollow shaft. The shaft must support the 130-ton rotor

Monster Heads for Sea

Destined for a life at sea.

The first 5M wind turbine was erected in Germany at the coastal city of Brunsbuttel; it came on-stream in 2005 as a pilot project to evaluate the total turbine design. The location was based on the conviction by the designers of the 5M that wind at sea is a much better source of power than wind on land. They believe that because wind speed at sea is typically slightly higher, and the wind frequency decidedly greater, you can harness twice as much electricity from wind at sea as from on land.

The first proposed site is 25 kilometers from the Scottish coast, in 44 meters of water. The site is part of the Talisman DOWNWIND project supported by the European Union.

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