Talk:Wind turbine

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June 29, 2004	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
June 7, 2023	Good article nominee	Listed

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My photo being vandalized?

I read on the edit history that Streamline8988 removed my image of a wind turbine due to "vandalism." What happened? I have not visited this page for a while since I uploaded my own photo but I know it was there for a decent amount of time until its removal.

Tallest Turbine Update Request

After doing some research on wind turbines, I decided to check to see if the Nordex 3.3 MW is still the tallest turbine. It is not anymore. The tallest is now a German-made turbine that is around 247 meters tall(170 meters to the top of the tower.) It was built by the company Max Bögl Wind AG in 2017. - MilesMcintyre

Link to Website: https://ww.electrek.co/2017/11/02/worlds-tallest-wind-turbine-built-in-germany/

Turbine vs Generator

Does a wind turbine always include a generator? In all other uses of the word turbine it appears to be a rotating device generating mechanical energy from a moving gas or liquid. From wiki on turbine: "The work produced can be used for generating electrical power when combined with a generator" Can a wind turbine not be a device creating mechanical energy, but only electric? I am asking because I find this a bit sloppy and inconsistent. Vola31 (talk) 14:01, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A turbine does not have to be combined with a generator, convenient though that often is. A gas turbine powers planes (and ships) directly. A wind turbine can be used to lift water, and so on. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:25, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

First electric wind turbine

"The first electricity-generating wind turbine was a battery-charging machine installed in July 1887 by Scottish academic James Blyth to light his holiday home in Marykirk, Scotland." This statement is most likely inaccurate. The Austrian engineer Josef Friedländer designed and build an electricity-generating wind turbine in 1883 to power lights of the Wiener Prater. Here the source of this information: https://wien.orf.at/stories/3218746/ (Austrian National News, Text in Austrian German) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:871:20D:67E0:7490:5317:7318:AEEA (talk) 17:20, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Change "affect on birds population" to "effect on bird population" Richardgomes7d (talk) 23:01, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cannolis (talk) 00:37, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wind turbine fires

There is nothing in this article on wind turbine fires. There have been a number of well-publicised fires, including fatalities in at least one case. So sources should be no problem.

Watch this space, or help greatly appreciated. Andrewa (talk) 06:28, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://reneweconomy.com.au/turbine-fire-at-one-of-new-south-waless-oldest-wind-farms-under-investigation/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-66525400 Scroby Sands: Investigation into wind turbine fire 'may take weeks' 17 August 2023
https://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/news-media/media-alerts/wind-turbine-fire-at-redhill-7-february-2024/
https://www.firetrace.com/fire-protection-blog/wind-turbine-fire-statistics (a blog so not a reliable source but interesting)
https://www.firetrace.com/wind-turbine-fire Links to other sources

Other links etc welcome of course. Andrewa (talk) 06:37, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]