I climbed 623 feet to the top of a wind turbine!

I climbed 623 feet to the top of a wind turbine! | Powering Britain - BBC

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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Keeley Donovan heads 75 miles off the Yorkshire coast to see the building of the world’s biggest offshore windfarm. Hornsea One has broken every record for its size and scale, with 10,000 people involved in its construction in the North Sea. Keeley meets the staff who have made it happen - but can she get to the top of one of the 174 turbines in the field?
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@paulye4972 3 жыл бұрын

The UK is currently the No.1 country in offshore wind power, both in practical efficiency and in theoretical research.

@timaustin2000 3 жыл бұрын

Is all that stuff inside EVERY one of those turbines? Lifts and all? Extraordinary.

@montiro8999 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@mileslane9485 3 жыл бұрын

No, the ones on land generally don’t have elevators

@iain3713 3 жыл бұрын

@@mileslane9485 yeah these offshore ones are absolutely massive, much much bigger than the ones on land

@erykko1 Жыл бұрын

Land also have lifts. Of course I'm speaking about big ones manufactured by Vestas, Nordex, Siemens etc.

@Kj_Gamer2614 14 күн бұрын

Most don’t actually have elevators, most are just long ladders. Depends on the model and how recently the wind turbines where made

@chrissievee160 3 жыл бұрын

I've done that. It was exhausting, but the view from the top was spectacular. We couldn't use the lift, as it was only used to transport tools etc up, for the maintenance workers. I can really recommend doing this to anyone who gets the chance.

@caseywoods8518 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine living in one of those things in that top compartment. That would be insane. Especially to be inside one during some crazy storm.

@adamcole7826 2 жыл бұрын

I work on those exact Avanti lifts as in this video. That elevator needs to be looked at. They are not that loud lol.

@helloworld2113 3 жыл бұрын

Obrigado pelo vídeo maravilhoso.

@philipcooper8297 3 жыл бұрын

0:40 I climbed 623 feet...

@sci_pain3409 3 жыл бұрын

i climed i climbed 295 feet and took a lift that goes up the remaining 328 feet

@chethantech4877 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent 👌👌

@RiDankulous 3 ай бұрын

I'm so glad countries, mostly in Europe, are widely using alternative energy sources and that helps promote more efficient products, which brings down the cost and hopefully will make fossil fuels much less necessary.

@mohammedfarooqui9358 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of those two engineers who died on top of a burning wind turbine. RIP.

@nurulhabibah4044 3 жыл бұрын

ya . can u share more. i hv seen turbine burning.

@mhopkins9071 3 жыл бұрын

Since that horrific accident, every time I see a wind turbine I think of them

@TI_Ted 3 жыл бұрын

very good

@quranpaktv1 3 жыл бұрын

Good

@chrismaplethorpe6781 3 жыл бұрын

Have climbed a few onshore turbines with and without lifts. None this high though. Do get a good view once at the top.

@guff9567 3 жыл бұрын

Wind electricity = evil theft from birds. STOP THIS THEFT TODAY. Say no to wind generated electricity.

@guff9567 3 жыл бұрын

Stop supporting electricity generation by evil evil wind energy theft. Signed: The Birds.

@sarahthornton2463 3 жыл бұрын

@@guff9567 more birds are killed by domestic cats than wind turbines

@angelofjustice913 Жыл бұрын

The off shore wind turbine which China are in progress of building is the largest ever building in the world. Be aware that this could be “ the eye of Modor “ not only watching, tracking all the activities from the South East to Japan sea. I guess it could be also GPS support for strategic targets on the sea around the region

@hajraalli8038 3 жыл бұрын

Wowww

@bassblair11 3 ай бұрын

She didn't tie off when she unhooked from the ladder...

@canbest7668 3 жыл бұрын

Climbed?

@meggriffin4395 3 жыл бұрын

i was a tenent there once upon a time.

@chrisshaw9328 3 жыл бұрын

Are they all built the exact same

@Cartoonman154 Жыл бұрын

Then you never climbed 623 if you took the lift. She sure ain't John Noakes scaling nelson's column in 77.

@HoxHax666 3 жыл бұрын

"aFtEr aLl tHaT cLiMb iS gOinG tO pAy oFf" *literally uses a elevator*

@RiDankulous 3 ай бұрын

hahaha!: It's like when a rich dude gets sherpas to carry them up to the top of Mount Everest: "I did it!"

@lenniegodber7805 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame that when she got up there she didn’t find out how to use a proper system of measurement

@enochpowel3030 Жыл бұрын

It's a shame they only have a very short life.

@greentorm5467 3 ай бұрын

Terrifyingly interesting

@naconitu1708 3 жыл бұрын

How do they get electricity to power that lift there 🤔

@Hagg-o-tron 2 жыл бұрын

Are you really that stupid?...

@naconitu1708 2 жыл бұрын

@@Hagg-o-tron 😂😂😂😂😂xd

@Josh-zm9fz 2 жыл бұрын

They run on free range coal

@davevansega1771 2 жыл бұрын

Surely all that safety equipment is a danger in itself?

@Josh-zm9fz 2 жыл бұрын

What part of the safety equipment is a danger ? 😂

@101doreen 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible! Hopefully, coming to USA, soon. We need green!

@guff9567 3 жыл бұрын

All birds say NO to evil theft wind generated electricity.

@doxielain2231 3 жыл бұрын

Go green. Coal is dead, people.

@Mistysfedora 2 жыл бұрын

@@doxielain2231 its not actually green though.

@iain3713 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mistysfedora wind is pretty much the greenest source of electricity per kWh, since it doesn’t take that much to make a wind turbine and they generate heaps of electricity.

@theglobetrotter699 Жыл бұрын

Would feel safer if i had a parachute on tbh

@Reihe_01 3 жыл бұрын

I can do that *In Gta*

@anglosaxonmike8325 2 жыл бұрын

During the last six weeks, the UK total turbine output has barely produced 2% of our electrcity. It's a fools paradise, but it's a money maker for some.

@Whoami691 Жыл бұрын

And yet, over the year they have produced over 20% of our energy. But please, do go on sweetheart.

@ppuh6tfrz646 Жыл бұрын

She's cute.

@wmpaulminder5995 3 жыл бұрын

Clipper?

@ryanstucke7811 3 жыл бұрын

No hahaha 🤣

@readventurekids 11 ай бұрын

As if the UK doesn't have enough wind already without wasting electricity making more of it by running these big fans. What a waste of taxpayer's money!

@petersonoliveira8496 3 жыл бұрын

Boa tarde FIRST vai amém BOM trabalho 💪😷

@joshuachin1850 3 жыл бұрын

Wind turbine turns only when there is wind

@timaustin2000 3 жыл бұрын

This is the UK. 95% of the time it's windy offshore, here.

@joshuachin1850 3 жыл бұрын

@@timaustin2000 well then , great!

@leon6777 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha you should see how windy Scotland is

@foxabilo 3 жыл бұрын

The over 75's are now being hunted down by a new 800 strong BBC team of license enforcers and bailiffs who cost £38M to setup.

@HochgeborenKlown 3 жыл бұрын

Cool view, if you took the lift most of the way to the top, did you actually climb 623 feet, guess the sharks are well fed on the millions of birds killed by this turbine...Sorry that you are going to get cancer from this turbine, you seem like a nice person...

@leon6777 3 жыл бұрын

If a bird flies into a turbine its natural selection at work haha. Do you see how much space there is

@HochgeborenKlown 3 жыл бұрын

@@leon6777 Throwing shade at trumps claim wind turbines kill millions of birds every year while also causing cancer...

@leon6777 3 жыл бұрын

@@HochgeborenKlown you are? Oh no

@HochgeborenKlown 3 жыл бұрын

@@leon6777 Oh yes...

@leon6777 3 жыл бұрын

@@HochgeborenKlown I dun goofed

@shortl4nd289 Ай бұрын

Videography was kinda trash

@DXmYb 3 жыл бұрын

Completely wrong to Support this Charity. By this Charity I mean the BBC. £157.50 of TV licence going to overpaid fools at the BBC. Get a Netflix subscription for 50% of the cost.