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Vestas launches 'world's tallest onshore tower for wind turbines'

CNBC · Anmar Frangoul · last updated

Danish firm Vestas said Tuesday it was launching an onshore wind turbine tower with a hub height measuring 199 meters (just under 653 feet), in the latest example of how the sector is turning to increasingly large structures.

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Decades of government support for the development of wind energy has resulted in lower costs and a rapidly growing share of electricity generated by wind turbines. Wind in 2019 accounted for 7.3 percent of electrical generation, surpassing for the first time hydropower at 7.0 percent. 

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