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Mingyang Smart Energy said last week that it’s installed “the world’s largest single-capacity offshore wind turbine” in a project in Hainan, China. The turbine delivers a power output of up to 20 MW, besting its previous 18 MW model from 2023.
Tags: Offshore Wind, Wind turbine, World’s Largest
Continue reading Colossal 20-MW wind turbine is the largest on the planet (for now)
Stadium experts Populous and architects Oualalou + Choi have joined forces to design an extraordinary new stadium that will take the form of a huge tent. Named the Grand Stade Hassan II, it will be located near Casablanca, Morocco, and will be the largest soccer stadium in the world.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, World’s Largest, Soccer, Stadium, Sports, FIFA World Cup
Continue reading World’s largest soccer stadium will take the form of a gigantic tent
The world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform has set to sea and the builder released images of the operation. Mingyang’s OceanX is set to travel 191 nm (220 miles, 354 km) over the next three days to its final offshore destination.
Tags: Wind Power, Wind turbine, World’s Largest, Renewable Energy
Continue reading Giant dual-rotor wind turbine takes to the seas
The world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform has set to sea and the builder released images of the operation. Mingyang’s OceanX is set to travel 191 nm (220 miles, 354 km) over the next three days to its final offshore destination.
Tags: Wind Power, Wind turbine, World’s Largest, Renewable Energy
Continue reading Giant dual-rotor wind turbine takes to the seas
Scientists have discovered the largest known protein in biology. Given the fun name of PKZILLA-1, the protein was found in algae cells and helps them make toxins that are responsible for mass killings of fish.
Tags: Protein, World’s Largest, UC San Diego, Algae, toxic, Chemistry
Continue reading Largest protein in nature discovered in algae toxin
An ambitious underwater road and rail tunnel is currently under construction in Europe that will link Germany and Denmark. Named the Fehmarnbelt tunnel, it will cross an 18-km (roughly 11.2-mile) stretch of the Baltic Sea.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Tunnel, World’s Largest
Continue reading World’s longest immersed tunnel lets visitors drive under the Baltic Sea
Scientists have discovered the organism with the largest known genome, containing 160 billion base pairs. That makes it more than 50 times bigger than the human genome, and the organism it’s describing is a tiny fork fern you wouldn’t even notice if you tripped over it in the forest.
Tags: Plants, Genome, DNA, World’s Largest, Genetics
Continue reading Organism with largest genome packs 50x more DNA than a human’s
A newly described species of marine reptile could be the largest to ever swim the world’s oceans. The “giant fish lizard” lived more than 200 million years ago, and may give the blue whale a run for its money, size-wise.
Tags: Dinosaurs, Fossils, Reptile, Marine, Marine Biology, World’s Largest
Continue reading World’s largest marine reptile gives blue whale a run for its money
The 108-m (356-ft) long Radia Windrunner is designed to transport cargo too big for the road, to short, semi-prepared airstrips on rough terrain. It would dwarf the majestic 84-m (275-ft) long Antonov An-225 Mriya, which is sadly no longer with us.
Tags: World’s Largest, Concept Aircraft, Aeroplanes, Wind turbine, Wind Power
Continue reading World’s largest aircraft delivers colossal cargo to makeshift airstrips
Universal Hydrogen is already flying the world’s largest hydrogen airliner – and now the company has started testing swappable liquid hydrogen fuel modules that’ll radically boost the range of clean passenger aircraft operations slated for 2026.
Tags: Hydrogen Aviation, Climate Solutions: Aviation, Hydrogen, Fuel Cell, World’s Largest
Continue reading Video: Megawatt-scale liquid H2 airliner powertrain comes to life