Photo Credit: Enercon

German wind turbine manufacturer Enercon has turned it up a notch deploying the E-126 wind turbine prototype. This behemoth checks in at 135m (440 feet) in height at the hub and the blade diameter is an incredible 127m (420 feet). Amazingly, it can still be shipped in pieces by truck. The rated power is 6MWe, like it’s predecessor the E-116 but with the increase in size, the output is expected to top 7MW, enough power to handle around 2,000 average households. The increase in size of these turbines is a good thing overall, it means fewer components to go wrong and fewer installations to yield more power. How long will it be before we see a 10MW turbine?

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