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"From the nation that turned the world on to flatpack furniture and modular
design comes a wind turbine whose green credentials stand head and shoulders
above the rest – because it’s engineered from wood.
Steel has been the go-to material for turbine construction for years, but it’s
not without its limitations. The trend for taller turbines to capture stronger
winds coupled with farms’ often remote locations adds up to a logistical
nightmare, and that’s before you factor in the embodied carbon toll of steel
production and the turbine’s massive supporting concrete base.
Enter Swedish startup Modvion, founded by carpenter and former boat builder
David Olivegren. Its towers are close to carbon-neutral and are built in
sections from layers of spruce timber laminated together, making transport a
comparative breeze.
The blades began turning on this 105-metre giant – the tallest wooden turbine
tower in the world – near Gothenburg in December, and it’s now generating
enough electricity to power 400 homes. Fittingly, it’s named the
Wind of
Change."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
