Wind turbine taller than the Eiffel Tower aims to boost German electricity production
- SCHIPKAU, Germany -- A wind turbine described by its developer as the world’s tallest now rises 365 meters (1,197 feet) above the sparsely populated landscape of eastern Germany, surpassing the height of the Eiffel Tower.
- The colossal turbine has been built at an existing wind farm in Lusatia, southeast of Berlin.
- Once a major center of lignite mining, the region has increasingly turned to renewable energy in recent years.
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- SCHIPKAU, Germany -- A wind turbine described by its developer as the world’s tallest now rises 365 meters (1,197 feet) above the sparsely populated landscape of eastern Germany, surpassing the height of the Eiffel Tower.
- The colossal turbine has been built at an existing wind farm in Lusatia, southeast of Berlin.
- Once a major center of lignite mining, the region has increasingly turned to renewable energy in recent years.
Sources: ABC News