Wind tower advances lift hub height restrictions

Increasing hub heights and larger rotor diameters on today's wind turbines bring greater loads on the rotor and more tower bending per unit of tower length.

by Eize de Vries
A wide tower base diameter contributes to optimised load transfer from tower to foundation
A wide tower base diameter contributes to optimised load transfer from tower to foundation

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