How does wind spin those giant turbines? It seems like even high-speed winds wouldn’t move it very quickly with how heavy the turbine blades must be.

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How does wind spin those giant turbines? It seems like even high-speed winds wouldn’t move it very quickly with how heavy the turbine blades must be.

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the turbines are calibrated to rotate at a minimum and maximum speed…once they exceed their RPM the blades will pitch to prevent the wind from rotating them to reduce damage to the unit and or course safety reasons.

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