Asia's tallest wind turbines almost ready to go to work

Wind power group Siemens Gamesa has installed Asia's tallest wind turbines in Thailand, reaching 210 metres above ground level, the company said on Tuesday.

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Asia's tallest wind turbines set to produce

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Wind power group Siemens Gamesa has installed Asia's tallest wind turbines in Thailand, reaching 210 metres above ground level, the company said on Tuesday.

The 33 turbines, with 153 metre-high towers and 56-metre blades, have been installed in the Sarahnlom wind farm in Nakhon Ratchasima, where commissioning is scheduled for later this year, accordiing to a press release by Siemens Gamesa's headquarters office in Frankfurt.

Wind farm operators are betting on a new generation of colossal turbines as they seek to remain profitable after European and other countries phase out subsidies that have defined the renewables industry since the 1990s.

The Sarahnlom wind project is owned by Thai engineering company Gunkul and being built by PowerChina ZhongNan. It has total capacity of 67.5 megawatts.

Rival Nordex in June last year installed what it said at the time was the world's tallest wind turbine in Hausbay, Germany, about 80 kilometres west of Frankfurt, with a tower height of 164 metres and blade length of 65.5 metres.

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