Countdown to COP26 by BC-COP26 https://padlet.com/bcsofiatablets/t398uabnm1zs February - What impresses you most about wind farms? Post your ideas and/or add your comments. (Image source: Orsted) en-us 2020-01-27 16:21:22 UTC 2022-10-16 14:34:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Wind turbines are huge structures - twice the height of Big Ben - but there's something very elegant about them (and in the background of the wallpaper picture - if you look closely - you can see the house I grew up in!) https://padlet.com/bcsofiatablets/t398uabnm1zs/wish/1073789311 Noll]]> 2021-01-11 13:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bcsofiatablets/t398uabnm1zs/wish/1073789311 What happens to old wind turbine blades when they are retired from active service? Some end their lives in a 'graveyard' in Wyoming. https://padlet.com/bcsofiatablets/t398uabnm1zs/wish/1090992680 2021-01-15 13:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bcsofiatablets/t398uabnm1zs/wish/1090992680 Here's an engineering challenge for you. In some places, the sea is too deep for a wind turbine to stand on the bottom. How do you design one that will float and not fall over? https://padlet.com/bcsofiatablets/t398uabnm1zs/wish/1091011072 2021-01-15 13:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bcsofiatablets/t398uabnm1zs/wish/1091011072