World's most powerful wind turbine goes up off Scottish coast - despite Trump's opposition

Despite the opposition of Donald Trump, the world's most powerful wind turbine has been successfully installed near the coast of Aberdeen

The first one of the eleven superstructures being planned is very powerful, so developers say they can provide one day's power to British average families with a single turn of the blade .

Before he was elected President, Mr. Trump started a legal challenge to the development of marking it "ugly".

He said that the turbine would ruin his view on the development of a multi - million pound golf course at Balmedie and asked to abandon the plan.

In the letter addressed to then Prime Minister Alex Thurmond in the year 2012, the bigger asked the chief of staff to ask: "Do not destroy your coastline and your country with a huge turbine. Your country worldwide Third world wasteland will be avoided as an investor. "

However, the Government of Scotland approved the plan of the Supreme Court of England and ultimately dismissed the legal issues of cards in 2015.

After the installation of a huge floating crane was completed, Adam Ezzamel, the project manager of the Swedish developer Vattenfall, called this an "important" moment.

This is the first commercial deployment of the 8 MW model. The circumference of the 164-meter rotor is larger than the circumference of the London eye

I hope that over the entire eleven structural projects called European offshore wind farm deployment centers, eventually more than 70% of Aberdeen's domestic energy will be generated.

Jean Morrison, chairman of the city's renewable energy group, says: "This region has the most powerful turbines in the world and has strengthened Aberdeen's position as one of the world's leading energy cities, a true coup d'etat, which will lead us to an environmentally friendly future. "

Stephanie Conesa, policy manager for Scottish Renewables, says: "Scotland owns about 25% of Europe's offshore wind fossil resources, and such projects are expected to make large use of this possibility.

"This revolutionary facility has led Scottish global energy position, leading to the shift from Aberdeen's continuous fossil fuel to renewable energy, and as the most powerful wind power country in Europe, I We should be proud of the prosperous offshore wind industry in Scotland.

"Before our eyes there are more promising offshore wind farms so we will deploy similar facilities in the future Scottish waters so that we can make the most of their natural resources I hope that. "

Scotland's first offshore wind turbine was located 24 km (15 miles; 13 nautical miles) near the Beatrice oil field near the east coast of the North Sea Mari Bay in August 2006. It was the world's largest wind power generator at that time, REpower 5 M, with a maximum output of 5 MW. In August 2007, the second identical turbine was added and the wind farm began supplying electricity. As of February 2010, Beatrice Wind Farm is the deepest and most northernmost offshore wind farm in the world. This is the first time that this large offshore wind turbine was tested, and this is the first time that the wind turbine generator was assembled in such a deep (44 m) of water. Due to the very stable wind speed and minimal turbulence, this large wind power generator is ideally suited for offshore environments.

The basic opportunity for wind turbines is that the wind becomes faster (more stable) the stronger the wind. This is very attractive as the wind's power rises with the cube of the wind speed. However, today's large turbine has a blade hub length of about 100 meters and weighs between 200 and 400 tons. This is a huge weight that is manufactured, moved to the site, and installed. The turbine's weight is roughly equal to the height of the tower so the net profit of these turbines is not as big as you think.