Miles O’Brien:
These giant offshore wind turbines are twice the height of those built on land. Their blades are twice as long. That bigger sweep, combined with stronger wind speeds this far from land, allows them to generate more energy.
Inside the turbine, magnets rotate past coils of wire, generating electricity, which runs down through buried wires back to the grid, electricity out of thin air.
Big as they are, the windmills are 15 miles offshore, too far to see from terra firma.
Cessna 808, cleared for takeoff from runway five.
So, photographer Rob Gourley (ph) and I flew out to take a look.
Providence 55-808, we’re going to do some photo work at the wind turbines out there. Requesting flight (Inaudible)
We flew due south of Martha’s Vineyard, and there they were. You can’t miss them.
The size of these turbines is pretty stunning. Each of those blades is more than a football field, so, combined, it’s two…
