Germany plans to build world’s tallest wind turbine with 1,200ft tower set to dwarf the Shard… & they’ll erect thousands
Incredible plans have been revealed for the power generator that will stand 1,200ft tall and generate twice as much energy as existing turbines.
A German energy company has proposed the structure after gathering data on a 1000ft-tall mast that was erected at Schipkau in south Berlin 12 months ago.
The research team found that the sky-high turbine could generate more than twice the yield normal turbines produce with the same rotors.
Jochen Grossmann, managing partner at the firm that operates the mast, said: "Compared to normal turbines with the same rotor diameter, we have more than twice the yield."
But plans for the tallest power generator have already drawn severe criticism from locals in the area and nature conservation groups who warned the turbine is going to kill more birds and bats.
The massive rotor blades on wind turbines generate an immense amount of negative pressure, sucking everything in that flies around.
