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NREL’s 2009 five-megawatt reference turbine places its rotor hub ninety meters above the reference ground or mean-sea-level plane. The upper blade extends above the hub-height marker.
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- NREL 2009 five-megawatt reference model
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- 295.3 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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A little more perspective
Jonkman and colleagues define a ninety-meter hub height and a 126-meter rotor diameter in the NREL five-megawatt baseline model. This is a specified research reference turbine, not a measured operating installation. The model’s reference plane is ground or mean sea level according to the support configuration.
The frontal illustration shows three blades separated around the hub, with one pointing upward. The selected dimension ends at the hub center rather than the moving blade tip. Blade twist, shaft tilt, precone and nacelle details are simplified in this frontal representation, while the tower-to-rotor proportions follow the source specification.
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NREL’s 2009 five-megawatt reference turbine places its rotor hub ninety meters above the reference ground or mean-sea-level plane. The upper blade extends above the hub-height marker.
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