GE Steam Power unveils 'largest last-stage blade ever made'

world-nuclear-news ^ | 15 Mar 2021

[wjcsux]

When it comes to generating electricity, the French actually got something right.

[wjcsux]

“Germany has windmills littered all over the countryside.”

So does Southern California.

[BipolarBob]

1 gigawatts equals 1 billion watts.

Fun fact: It takes 1.21 GWe to power a Delorean into a time machine.

[doorgunner69]

I always get a laugh out of how many wind-trubines are not moving when I see a wind farm. Those things are clearly maintenance heavy.

[doorgunner69]

They always glossed over just what sort of wiring that car had to handle that much current/voltage.

[Fred Hayek]

I was in Germany well before all this “green energy” obsession took hold. There were however The Greens with their “Atomic Kraftwerk nein!”, no doubt with ties to KGB and Stasi.

[BipolarBob]

That’s very true.

[BobL]

“Once completed, it will deliver 3.2 GWe”

For those who don’t want to do the math, that comes out to about 40 to 50 square miles of solar panels (75 million panels), to provide the same average power as the nuke.

[Ozark Tom]

That last stage is there mostly to help cool the steam before hitting the condenser. Ekes out a smidgeon more power and saves on the cost of a larger heat exchanger. $$$