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

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  • čas přidán 11. 11. 2020
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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
    @paulye4972 Před 3 lety +24

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

  • @timaustin2000
    @timaustin2000 Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @montiro8999
      @montiro8999 Před 3 lety

      Yeah

    • @mileslane9485
      @mileslane9485 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @iain3713
      @iain3713 Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @erykko1
      @erykko1 Před rokem

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

  • @chrissievee160
    @chrissievee160 Před 3 lety +14

    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
    @caseywoods8518 Před 2 lety +4

    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
    @adamcole7826 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @philipcooper8297
    @philipcooper8297 Před 3 lety +6

    0:40 I climbed 623 feet...

    • @sci_pain3409
      @sci_pain3409 Před 3 lety

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

  • @mohammedfarooqui9358
    @mohammedfarooqui9358 Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @nurulhabibah4044
      @nurulhabibah4044 Před 3 lety

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

    • @mhopkins9071
      @mhopkins9071 Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @chethantech4877
    @chethantech4877 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent 👌👌

  • @helloworld2113
    @helloworld2113 Před 3 lety

    Obrigado pelo vídeo maravilhoso.

  • @chrismaplethorpe6781
    @chrismaplethorpe6781 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @guff9567
      @guff9567 Před 3 lety

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

    • @guff9567
      @guff9567 Před 3 lety

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

    • @sarahthornton2463
      @sarahthornton2463 Před 3 lety

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

  • @RiDankulous
    @RiDankulous Před 3 měsíci

    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.

  • @TI_Ted
    @TI_Ted Před 3 lety

    very good

  • @angelofjustice913
    @angelofjustice913 Před rokem

    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

  • @Badristudio66
    @Badristudio66 Před 3 lety

    Good

  • @bassblair11
    @bassblair11 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @meggriffin4395
    @meggriffin4395 Před 3 lety

    i was a tenent there once upon a time.

  • @hajraalli8038
    @hajraalli8038 Před 3 lety

    Wowww

  • @canbest7668
    @canbest7668 Před 3 lety +2

    Climbed?

  • @101doreen
    @101doreen Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @guff9567
      @guff9567 Před 3 lety +2

      All birds say NO to evil theft wind generated electricity.

    • @doxielain2231
      @doxielain2231 Před 3 lety +2

      Go green. Coal is dead, people.

    • @Mistysfedora
      @Mistysfedora Před 2 lety

      @@doxielain2231 its not actually green though.

    • @iain3713
      @iain3713 Před 2 lety +3

      @@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.

  • @chrisshaw9328
    @chrisshaw9328 Před 3 lety

    Are they all built the exact same

  • @Cartoonman154
    @Cartoonman154 Před rokem +1

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

  • @lenniegodber7805
    @lenniegodber7805 Před 3 lety +10

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

  • @HoxHax97
    @HoxHax97 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @RiDankulous
      @RiDankulous Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @greentorm5467
    @greentorm5467 Před 3 měsíci

    Terrifyingly interesting

  • @davevansega1771
    @davevansega1771 Před 2 lety

    Surely all that safety equipment is a danger in itself?

    • @Josh-zm9fz
      @Josh-zm9fz Před 2 lety

      What part of the safety equipment is a danger ? 😂

  • @naconitu1708
    @naconitu1708 Před 3 lety +2

    How do they get electricity to power that lift there 🤔

  • @enochpowel3030
    @enochpowel3030 Před rokem +1

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

  • @theglobetrotter699
    @theglobetrotter699 Před rokem

    Would feel safer if i had a parachute on tbh

  • @Reihe_01
    @Reihe_01 Před 3 lety +2

    I can do that
    *In Gta*

  • @ppuh6tfrz646
    @ppuh6tfrz646 Před rokem

    She's cute.

  • @wmpaulminder5995
    @wmpaulminder5995 Před 3 lety

    Clipper?

  • @anglosaxonmike8325
    @anglosaxonmike8325 Před rokem +1

    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
      @Whoami691 Před rokem

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

  • @petersonoliveira8496
    @petersonoliveira8496 Před 3 lety +1

    Boa tarde FIRST vai amém BOM trabalho 💪😷

  • @joshuachin1850
    @joshuachin1850 Před 3 lety

    Wind turbine turns only when there is wind

    • @timaustin2000
      @timaustin2000 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @joshuachin1850
      @joshuachin1850 Před 3 lety

      @@timaustin2000 well then , great!

    • @leon6777
      @leon6777 Před 3 lety +4

      Hahahaha you should see how windy Scotland is

  • @readventurekids
    @readventurekids Před 10 měsíci

    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!

  • @foxabilo
    @foxabilo Před 3 lety +1

    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.

  • @shortl4nd289
    @shortl4nd289 Před 14 dny

    Videography was kinda trash

  • @HochgeborenKlown
    @HochgeborenKlown Před 3 lety +2

    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
      @leon6777 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @HochgeborenKlown
      @HochgeborenKlown Před 3 lety

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

    • @leon6777
      @leon6777 Před 3 lety

      @@HochgeborenKlown you are? Oh no

    • @HochgeborenKlown
      @HochgeborenKlown Před 3 lety

      @@leon6777 Oh yes...

    • @leon6777
      @leon6777 Před 3 lety

      @@HochgeborenKlown I dun goofed

  • @DXmYb
    @DXmYb Před 3 lety

    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.