The S1500 floating turbine’s operating altitude is 4,921 feet above ground level, where wind speed moves about three times faster than at the surface. The advantage of this altitude (also referred to as vertical slice) can result in a power output up to 27 times higher than a conventional ground-based wind turbine of similar capacity.
The capacity to generate one megawatt of electrical power (MW) with the S1500 system is comparable in size to what small wind power turbines normally generate (a conventional 328-foot-tall wind turbine), while the footprint of the S1500 system is significantly smaller. This amazing power density shows the efficiency benefits of being able to access high altitude wind power resources by new and innovative airborne platforms.
So precise
Um… so 2,203 pounds?
Altitude: 1500 meters
Weight: Under 1000kg
Makes so much more sense that it was originally in metric but looks weird translated to imperial.
They should’ve went with football fields instead, and weight in washing machines
Or when you need really impressive numbers for weight: oak leaves.
Maple leaves in Canada. Ha ha just kidding because they use metric like the rest of the civilised world.
It’s because the precision is overstated in the conversion to imperial. If they’re going to convert units they could at least give the correct significant digits. It should have read (if one insists on not just leaving it in metric):