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Durability is the chief concern for wind turbines, and it becomes increasingly difficult with the size and scale of the blades. Courtesy of a thicker airfoil, a reinforced carbon fiber main beam and a metal mesh for lightning protection, Sany's SY310A blades are built to last. And although they aren't 100% recyclable, the trailing edge insert is made of recycled polyurethane structural parts that can be easily circulated after the lifespan of the turbine.

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[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The blades are 131 m for those wanting to save a click.

[–] Twoafros@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yes but China bad must be copied smh

[–] PuddingFeeling907@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

They broke the record again!

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Why? I thought they were coming up with better designs that worked with smaller blades