The Making of a Wind Turbine | Exceptional Engineering | Free Documentary

Exceptional Engineering: The Making of a Wind Turbine | Engineering Documentary
Electricity harnessed from wind has become the second largest source of energy in Germany since 2017 - and has thus out powered nuclear and coal. Nearly 30,000 on- and off-shore wind turbines are operating throughout the country, covering approx. 19 percent of energy consumption. Our report follows the construction of a new wind power plant in Falkenthal in Brandenburg. Once installed, the windmill will be 179 meters high, supplying up to 5,000 households a year.
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[@user-bi4ve1id8y]

Невероятная конструкция! Такие размеры, это фантастика!

[@kipdon]

huh? what you say????

[@worldinandaround]

Thank you Free Documentary for uploading this video. This video was one of my best video in your video list.

[@praveen4548]

Incredible Efforts involved in assembly as well as in manufacturing of wind turbines.... Thank you for this awesome documentary.

[@chrismaynard4117]

A huge pile of useless tech.

[@arongal5495]

Great and interesting documentary, thanks for uploading!

[@chrismaynard4117]

Useless tech,rubbish.

[@thaycmarinho2040]

Amazing documentary! All the process is more or less explained. Now I'm curious about the offshore assembly proccess.

[@lennyf1957]

What is really amazing about it is it makes no mention of all the negative aspects of wind turbine.

[@xJakeeyy]

glad to be a wind Technician who gets to travel all over the world to work on these beauties.

[@Priestley777]

Do you know how to use a caddy program?

[@xJakeeyy]

@@Priestley777 I’m a Torque and tension lead tech I don’t work with any software or electrical components. I save that for the smarter fellas

[@jaysonemile6633]

Wait really you get to travel around the world. I thought if you were a winglets tech you just stay within the country ?

[@moonwalk8836]

@@jaysonemile6633 I work for a polish company company and we travel across the Europe to work with these turbines. It's absolutely fantastic although they might be a bit of a language barrier in some countries.

[@stupidhead9117]

@@xJakeeyy you tell people how tight to turn nuts?

[@ivanreis1538]

EXCELENTE DOCUMENTÁRIO - FORTALEZA - CEARÁ - BRAZIL, 31-08-2020

[@fett4life250]

This is very good. I had to stop and check comments for calling parts screws vs. bolts. If I'm wrong so what I'll keep watching

[@shoka3167]

I like to watch this channel videos. In depth detailed documentary chennel.

[@shaafibadar7599]

This channel is keeping me entertained and educated in quarantine

[@woxnerw]

How much are THEY paying you to stay home and NOT Work?

[@AlphatecEngineering]

So little about the concrete foundation and anchoring! great documentary anyway folks! many thanks for sharing it!

[@romeowhiskey1146]

EXCELLENT documentary. I'm now up on CURRENT events.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

America and here in Canada has huge open spaces in the prairie states and provinces, in the near furniture i see while wind farms being build with hundreds of wind turbines.

[@seanriopel3132]

People in cape cod have fought off shore wind turbines for years because they don't want it ruining their view. I guess they prefer the air and water to slowly become poisoned. I think wind farms are beautiful. Not the safest thing for birds but evolution will sort them out.

[@lawman0718]

15:15 nice interior & sign design

[@lollollollollolrofl]

Lovely and space to work on, well thought out

[@driveclassics1]

Thank you. You've done a great job. May God bless your work.

[@samuelperez2162]

Estos documentales me gustan, deverian tradusirlos al español👍

[@malachylenihan407]

My younger brother has been working on wind turbines for years ,now I know why he is so fit and strong !! Amazing to see one come together !!!

[@TedApelt]

Must be nice to get paid to do a workout instead of paying to do one!

[@walle226]

Incredible!

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Thanks very much....!

[@borderreiver3288]

STUNNING

[@AIexanderHartdegen]

Thanks for uploading this amazing documentary.

[@56PapaBear56]

I wonder how much energy it takes to produce a wind turbine? From raw material to finished product including transportation.

[@happycommie29l8]

It takes like half a year for a turbine to recover the energy invested on it's production and installation. They are really efficient.

[@Shnick]

And how much it costs to maintain. The industry claimed it would compete with other sources, but in the end, the customer pays the same regardless...

[@danchang9976]

@@Shnick in the UK, wind has now got so cheap that it is now the cheapest source of electricity in the uk, and is now forcing all coal and some gas plants out of business

[@TheChrisEMartin]

@@danchang9976 But that isn't true. The only reason coal and gas plants close is because they are disadvantaged compared to special treatment that wind gets financially. First if wind energy is being generated then it gets first priority for use (it HAS to be bought by the electric companies) - so in windy weather the gas and coal plants have to 'stand down' and they get no compensation. But if it is so windy that all of it cannot be used then the wind companies get paid even though all the wind isn't used! This puts coal and gas at financial damage. Also what happens when the wind doesn't blow? We just had a week of that in UK (Nov 2020) - wind never got above 5% - it was only gas, coal and nuclear that kept things running, otherwise we have blackouts. Same every day actually it is gas (only) that enables power to ramp up as everyone wakes up in morning,

[@danchang9976]

@@TheChrisEMartin yes, but it also means that consumers get cleaner air to breathe and lower bills as wind is now cheaper than gas and coal. Coal and gas is outdated tech, every utility company knows that and that’s why coal will be gone by 2024 at the latest and gas will follow suit in about 20-30 years. Nuclear provides a base load in our grid, followed by wind and solar. After that gas, biomass and hydro is used and if their is still a demand for more they use coal and move some gas plants over to peak demand scenarios where their output changes depending on volatility. It’s outdated tech, it’s going, don’t defend it it’s gone.

[@-q-b0_1]

Great documentary

[@mohanmuthiah42]

Good Engineering Documentary .Thanks

[@emadeldinhessain3272]

very nice videos I'm watching your videos from Athens Greece .

[@rsg1963]

Fun video except fore the recap style editing. Hate that. I just watched the same info from 12 minutes ago, I'm not a toddler, I can retain info for hours sometimes! lol Also, tons of info left out. How do they keep cool? What is a typical failure look like? What does a catastrophic failure look like? Show how the connect to the grid. Show how they stop, start, turn. How do they test the motors prior to shipping? How do they affect local Eco-systems? How about a map showing the amount of homes covered by a "typical" year's generation. Then show amount of space required for turbine-to-home ratio scaled-up. Meaning show space needed to power NYC or London in a typical year. How many, how much space at what cost, etc..? And how about recycling of old units? How much can be reused?

[@Lousy_Bastard]

Always wanted to know how they connect to the grid.

[@RedsBigRig]

GREAT questions.. we need a video cover jussst this alone

[@user-sq5jl3st4z]

Amazing!! Thank youu

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

Excellent documentary.

[@wwt17]

The blades are very reminiscent of the A350 sharklet. That's some sexy engineering!

[@honeyb3603]

awsome engineering. Bravo!

[@maryhumphrey3002]

This video was very informative.👍

[@michaelwiberg7419]

You really would find many of my ideas over the top but logical and simple to understand.

[@joex8au04]

as someone who involved in planning of the Wind Turbine being transport from Local Port to mountain Range, I can honestly say the process is not easy at all!

[@huesenpaul1394]

What kind of engineers are needed in the field ?

[@joex8au04]

@@huesenpaul1394 Geotechnician, Site engineer, Service engineer, field engineer. etc...

[@huesenpaul1394]

@@joex8au04 oh ok. What would say are like all the parts of the wind turbine and like match the subject. For example for the wings you would have to know about physics or something right ?

[@joex8au04]

​@@huesenpaul1394 There are many different factors involved in designing such complex systems, several different types of engineers find work in wind energy design. These include aerospace, civil, mechanical, electrical, and environmental engineers, among others.

[@huesenpaul1394]

Morris CH yeah that’s true I really wanna get into aerospace engineering or mechanical engineering when I go to college. Ok so name the 4 main elements then.

[@mesidoopufou4364]

Amazing documentary!

[@user-ee2gw9vb9q]

хороший канал, молодцы

[@miltononyango]

amazing

[@stuuay5066]

13:30 close up shot with intense music had me wheezing, why was that needed?

[@antr7493]

Because the end of the world is coming and they wanted to convey it with some Hans Zimmer music., LOL

[@JayKayKay7]

The size, the complexity, and the expense! Amazing.

[@angelbernardi8218]

thanks so much for this super complete video 👌👍

[@julianpenny4671]

A magnificent documentary,Thankyou for providing it for a most informative experience.😎🇳🇿

[@patsematary]

In Construction Simulator game the wind generator is a prized achievement, but is time consuming and difficult.

[@katiefinnegan4649]

I’ve enjoyed every second of this. Thank you

[@muhdarif4345]

Nice !

[@fernandog.aguirre2791]

This is just amazing! Technology and the human being will power! Amazing!

[@theojeane]

37:00 you see white bracket lying down on the mold fiber 37:23 you see the bracket crushing the fiber glass

[@Callaiscb]

That dude said "magnets are spinned" at 27:16. Lol

[@NaumanArain]

awesome

[@esbi1124]

It's fantastic.

[@Imissmusicvideos]

I guess they use post-tensioning steel cables to secure the tower, instead of bolting it together. It would've been interesting to see how the cables were tensioned and anchored to the foundation.

[@number6ix929]

@niels lund The method to show how the cables are tensioned and fixed down is omitted.

[@alexandersundukov3196]

03:20 Foundation 10:05 Brande Factory 24:47 Brande Factory 26:20 Direct Drive vs Geared 26:57 Generator 33:13 Aalborg Factory 41:29 Aalborg Factory

[@jerrymiller4603]

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[@TIRCQ]

Amazing.

[@martachavez271]

Hola soy de Argentina q,bárbaro tecnológico extraordinario

[@jzmcgriggs8652]

That's 4 Hours and 20 Minutes at each station. Definitely a salute to 420.

[@johnrtrucker]

"We used to glue the rings together but we stopped doing that for efficiency..." thats reassuring...

[@wwt17]

The gluing was redundant with the cables running through from top to bottom. Waste of money and man power.

[@lilolilo2197]

ابداع

[@keviar245]

This is amazing!

[@JohnComley]

Screws? You mean BOLTS!! And cement sections? No, CONCRETE! Cement is powder.

[@davejones5640]

I love Adblock. I just wish you could fast forward or reverse easier.

[@TRPGpilot]

Watching KZbin without Adblock Plus is a waster of time :-)

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[@RescateenAlturaR.C.Bombe-ko1mh]

Espectacular.. es impresionante como no pueden trabajar con vientos superiores a 6 m/s, cuándo en las zonas dónde se van a instalar es porque es muy ventosa...

[@monsooniphone]

Fantastic documentary Thank You 🎃.

[@Nexus-6]

A wind turbine comes to the end of its lifecycle after about 20-25 years. While 99% of a turbine's parts can be re-sold and recycled, the majority of turbine blades are a challenge, so much so that they end up just being buried in a giant 'graveyard of blades' landfill. In the U.S. over the next four years alone that will be the fate of more than 8,000 blades.

[@andybilakshow260]

It would seem that as technology grows, our footprint grows exponentially. Therefore, the BEST way to slow our destructiveness is to physically StOP consuming so much energy. The basics of life use to be rewarding. We've somehow lost our way.

[@alanolley7286]

they now recycle some so that will grow until no landfill is needed

[@eugene4950]

nuclear reactor : hold my beer

[@izuksammy]

The propellers look pretty cool in a huge pile in west Texas.

[@MHjort9]

As a native dane with a perfect american accent, the danish accent on my fellow countrymen here always cracks me up.

[@anthonychalinor1539]

excellent documentary it has expanded the basic understanding of the complete precise engineering of these structures and build method.

[@martinamadsen812]

Very impressive turbines made by very skillfull people and their high tec equipment. 😀 Det er rigtigt flot klaret at i kan lave de kæmpestore vindmøller i Danmark.! 💕

[@larrymiller1380]

Great video

[@jacoblaughbon3323]

Been my career for a decade. It's amazing how little people know. Or how much they think they know.

[@MikeMikewaz]

I know some little people. They prefer to be called midgets

[@johnv341]

Absolutely fascinating. Loved it. Has anyone calculated the energy to make one of those? How long to pay back the "embodied energy"?

[@stevetaylor2818]

The lastest Wind turbines are Suppose to recoup construction cost and energy in under a year. And then last another 25+ years

[@flexairz]

They never will recoup all the energy that went into them. Impossible.

[@johnv341]

@@flexairz you have some information to share on the subject? Or is that just your opinion?

[@andybilakshow260]

@@johnv341 inflation always seems to fenagle its way into even the deepest of pockets. I cut mine off 😂

[@londen3547]

@@flexairz It would be interesting to see a cost benefit analysis. Electric in Europe is very expensive, with the exception of France, which uses mainly nuclear power.

[@Asvanikumar]

really awesome.....................

[@greenapple1823]

Love it

[@nasa1985]

Spinned? The word you are looking for is spun!

[@ELDaneo69]

Im glad someone else heard that. I could not stop thinking about it for the rest of the video

[@Wookey.]

Right - and he doesn't know how to pronounce epoxy ("e-poxy"), nor the difference between a screw and bolt. Still, it was very interesting despite the limitations of the script and narrator.

[@mrluigi9923]

pardon the PUN.

[@seanpkelly1]

GOOD, THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAUGHT THAT...

[@craigwall9536]

Thank you. You can also add "unwound" instead of "unraveled". Worst narration EVAR!

[@tangc]

I was once standing right under a turbine, it was surreal..

[@kumd]

Chen Yes me too! It’s almost unreal, and the noise it makes is so eerie.

[@AndrewMcFadzean]

@The Curious Mind I can - where I live we are not far away from the biggest onshore farm in the UK, where they have both Siemens and Alstom turbines. You can't hear them at all until you are fairly close, 50 metres or so, is the first thing I will say. There's a hum from the generator and electronics, quite similar to what you hear if you're next to a transformer. You a low pitch "swoosh" every time a blade passes by. Also on these ones they drilled a small whole through 1 blade on each turbine which gives a little whistle - that discourages birds and bats from flying too close. The other noise you might hear is a knocking. That's from the guy trapped inside ;) no what that is the yaw drive. Because the motors are very underpowered for the mass at the top the turbine changes direction very slowly, and that noise is just the yaw gear travelling from tooth to tooth. Hope that helps!

[@tangc]

@@danijelhorvatincic9224 Thanks, I'm not in this industry lol. Those wind turbines are just common in my hometown, somewhere in the southeast corner of Shanghai

[@venusreena2532]

That was fabulous

[@felixyongco7964]

Extremely marvellous .. I liked watching Extreme Engineering for technical knowhow improvement . Thanks a lot in sharing Free Documentary to me ..... Will watch I am sure what comes into my wall.

[@CaDi_leE]

Its what I do for a living💙

[@danijelhorvatincic9224]

travel and see What is your Site?

[@CaDi_leE]

@@danijelhorvatincic9224 i build them from scratch..in north Dakota

[@justicewarrior9187]

We need thousands more!!!

[@WARHAWKLEADER1]

Look up what happens to wind turbines when they are disassembled. They literally bury the parts in the ground because the parts are nearly impossible to recycle... you may rethink just how green this is..

[@justicewarrior9187]

@@WARHAWKLEADER1 Impossible?? Didn't knew that... Just like eletric cars fuck up the environment with lithium and sulfuric acid for batteries

[@joyo4435]

@@justicewarrior9187 An electric car battery is 100% recycle-able also look at what oil has done to the ocean and how many wars have been fort over it. Also when you make petrol from oil you need to put cobalt in it to get rid of the sulphur and when you burn that you can't get it back.

[@NMO7778]

very nice video thanks

[@MrRathel]

Sound of shutting something off at 4:35 was funny!

[@bluedanger590]

While traveling through Kansas i wondered how they hung the turbine.... now i get this video in my suggestions. Seems like my phone can not only hear me, but read my damn mind too. 🤨🤨🤨🙉🙊🙈🙈

[@andyharpist2938]

Yeterday I waslooking for someone to tech me the Colombian Cuatro...today I get a guy playing the Cuatro, suggesting I buy some car or other

[@user-og8hp2qu5f]

Apps spy you every second, google, youtube,facebook....

[@bluedanger590]

@@user-og8hp2qu5f VPN!!, no social media. Unless you call KZbin social media.

[@spidersfrommars3585]

who else came from a video called “top ten wind turbine fails” and before that, came from “windmill destructed in storm”

[@braddlesharris3577]

😂😂 Yep

[@MrJamieswan123]

Haha how did you know?! 😂😂

[@jimmybigguns5444]

Kate Malfoy me

[@Beobout6]

Not me. Before this I was watching a documentary on the declining bird population in America. Somehow it switched me over to this video.

[@katielamborghini3551]

I searched up this video, but before that, I had watched those videos.

[@MicahBratt]

Impressive

[@andylam9462]

It is great!

[@jhyland87]

I remember seeing the picture and article about the two engineers who were caught on top of one of these as it caught fire :-( Terrifying.

[@davidm3maniac201]

Yes i remember that. I think one of them jumped to his death and the other burned alive if i remember right. Horrible way to die knowing there is no escape

[@kendallhall4767]

Yeah they were seimens employees in Denmark. Its recapped in all of seimens training now

[@kendallhall4767]

@@davidm3maniac201 bs fact btw the man's family that jumped didnt recieve any of his insurance because he committed "suicide"

[@stupidhead9117]

@@kendallhall4767 not true

[@embeddedtech7015]

had watched it before

[@vishvin]

Superb

[@errickmackey8983]

Why not try the Harmony VAWT, it retracts in high winds to avoid spinning out of control. 😊

[@Justin-Outdoors]

75 tons of steel just for the foundation? Wonder how much coal was used to melt that steel and how much electricity that coal could have produced instead

[@johannjohann6523]

Luckily coal plants today are about 85% efficient. With the new natural gas plants (used primarily in the summer time when air conditioning is used by most people) are 99% efficient. And total pollution of a coal plant, what is released into the atmosphere is less than 5% of the coal burned. The problem is the "sludge ponds" where the particulates (unburnt coal) are captured and not released into the atmosphere or waterways. What to do with that is still a bit of a problem. All pollution is "unburnt fuel". More efficient engine, and better use of the fuel and theoretically cars with combustion engines using gasoline could also reach 85% efficiency. Right now they are 25% efficient. Meaning out of every tank of gas you purchase, you only get to use 25% to move your car, the other 75% is pollution out your tailpipe as "unburnt fuel". Yes, every tank of gas for every car purchased wastes 75% of the fuel purchased. That should be completely unacceptable. But the "industry" won't let people know that truth. If we are serious about this "global warming" business then why is the tech not offered to make cars pollute less, and get more MPG? Combustion engines theoretically could release 0% pollution, if done right. And there is "No" shortage of oil in the world. Saudia Arabia alone found another 660 billion barrels of oil in their reserves. It's because the oil fields that have been pumped for oil, are refilling on their own. But if the public knew that there is no shortage of oil then they can't rape you at the gas pump. Which indeed is happening for everyone throughout the world. Enough money, billions and billions of dollars, is never enough is it? They always want more. Even though none of them have figured out a way to take it with them when they die.

[@egodumpster]

I am going to fall asleep to this 😂

[@tchandar]

Nice work . thanks

[@md.zahidurrahman5442]

Nice to watch

[@Vinnidict]

37:54 the voice-over is making him sound way more professional than he is lol

[@jordandillon8157]

i guess we will never know how the cables get anchored lol

[@haotianxue9455]

Seems like it's a trade secret

[@davidm3maniac201]

I wanted to see that instead of stacking the segments on top of one another.

[@mmans8191]

*Those cables were used to anchor the 83-meter concrete stacks. For the other steel sections that they added on the top to reach a height of 136 meters, were they also anchored to the concrete sections or just stacked up? I guess they were bolted to each other. Can anyone clarify that, please? Thank you.*

[@kearabetsoemotingwe]

i had totally forgot all about that part

[@andrebernard2636]

A

[@ricardopena1334]

Vivo eso documental muy bueno

[@VovanCBR]

amazing, thank you

[@Darkstar.....]

Absolutely everything those guys did in creating those blades in one piece was sheer genius. From the vauum sealed mold to getting epoxy into every nook and crany without air pockets. I expect they ran the hardener and epoxy through vacuum chambers before hand to remove all air pockets and the mixing would also need to be done in a vacuum. Iv seen so many experiments using epoxy and vacuum chambers and still they could not get great results as they tried to remove the air after mixing and putting into the mold. And seeing that guy tear fiber glass in half just with a knot. Unbelievable. I work with fiber glass. To see it snap like that. Its comparable to steel yet easily not as strong yet nothing reasonably priced and so light comes close so its a fair comparison in my opinion.

[@jeffgriffiths9528]

However there are huge landfills all over the place, like the one in Wyoming where the rotor blades are sent after their useful life, because they are not recyclable. Not much of the wind turbine is. The price of wind generated power is extortion, Ontario residents are being raped by their electricity suppliers. Calgary's biggest windfarm is due for replacement as it is too old and it will be headed for the landfills soon before being replaced with more of the same.

[@mikeorr9935]

O

[@MrSummerbreeze01]

Yeah let's dump them all in your backyard to recyclable. Every Wind farm and Solar panel fiasco should have to post a $Billion dollar bond for the clean up of these eye sores!

[@ChiraqLegendzTV]

Blows my mind how us humans are capable of building all this technology

[@MrSummerbreeze01]

Blows my mind that the life of the blades is only 10-15 years and then the 35 ton 150' blades are left somewhere. How about in your backyard? Eye sore, junk,garbage, forever.

[@johnsweets7298]

Thank you for all your hard work and efforts 🙏 The world thanks you

[@imminentjustice338]

... for making such an in-disposable mess.

[@petergwatts9037]

Beautiful Engineering so interesting to watch. Someone should explain the difference between a Bolt and a Screw to the narrator!

[@wadogreg6285]

Wind turbines are bs not reliable i install them here in Texas. 90 percent are stopped right now because of a little snow major power outage no power to oil refineries. Gas prices will be going and piss on Joe Biden he is a corrupt just letting the world know

[@shantelleadeline6053]

With Avasva plans doing something like that was easy.