Over the weekend, the world’s longest wind turbine blade undertook a journey across islands and bridges from small-town Lunderskov to Danish capital Copenhagen. The journey ended up at a location which will attract the attention of millions of people during the crucial days of negotiation for our climate’s future. The 61.5 meter long blade will greet the world’s leaders at the COP15 conference in December.

Wind power works! That is one of the strong arguments from the wind industry at the COP15 conference in December, symbolized by the physical presence of the world’s longest wind turbine blade in serial production, the LM 61.5 P from LM Glasfiber.

The blade is a demonstrable and clear evidence of the intensive development that has taken place within the wind industry. Just 25 years ago, the largest wind turbines had blades with a diameter of 15 meters and were only capable of producing 50 kW of electricity. Today, the largest mass-produced wind turbine has a rotor diameter of 126 meters, sweeps the near-equivalent of two football pitches and produces 5 MW a year – enough electricity to power 5,000 European households.

The blade left LM Glasfiber’s plant in Lunderskov early Friday heading for its journey towards Copenhagen. Here it was installed at the main entrance at the Bella Center as part of the Wind Power Works Campaign in collaboration with GWEC, the Global Wind Energy Council and Vindmølleindustrien, the Danish wind industry association.

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2 Responses to “Longest Wind Turbine Blade in the World So Far”

1. COP This! - Cutting through the grandstanding, leaks and obfuscation says:

   December 11, 2009 at 12:34 am

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2. Wegwerth, Joachim says:

   March 6, 2011 at 5:20 pm

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