Made in Europe: The world’s tallest wind power plant is dwarfing the Eiffel tower

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/28/skyrocketing-windmills-the-worlds-tallest-wind-power-plant-is-going-to-dwarf-the-eiffel-to

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floofloof@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 8d (3 replies)

They shouldn't have built it next to the Eiffel Tower then.

marius@feddit.org · 13 pts · 8d (2 replies)

Could have just put a rotor on the Eiffel tower

RidderSport@feddit.org · 3 pts · 8d

Why have they not built the Eiffel tower in the Eiffel mountain range?

Noodle07@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 8d

There's a lot of network and météo antennas on the Eiffel tower, it's used a lot already for its convenient high point in Paris 🙃

broom@piefed.social · 11 pts · 8d

What a fascinating project! Basically, wind turbines have gotten taller and taller over time (thanks to better turbines). This is the next level.

SomeOneWithA_PC@feddit.org · 10 pts · 8d

Sehr cool.

SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 7 pts · 8d

Damn, all that just to spite the French ;)

tyranny@crazypeople.online · -33 pts · 8d (6 replies)

soon there will be no green left, only black and grey and brown

MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de · 23 pts · 8d (1 reply)

Im the other hand we clod close some of these

tyranny@crazypeople.online · -11 pts · 8d

one option is coal mines. another is power plants. maybe there could be sufficient imagination for another option. living option

marius@feddit.org · 15 pts · 8d

Exactly. That's why we need more renewable energies

daw@feddit.org · 12 pts · 8d

You really picked the right instance

In Germany we say gugu gaga!

vandsjov@feddit.dk · 8 pts · 8d (1 reply)

Unless I’m missing something in what you write, then there will be plenty of green around

varyingExpertise@feddit.org · 6 pts · 7d

Dude is shilling Russian gas. Next thing he says is Carbon dioxide is good because plants use it in the photosynthesis.