Oh, those wacky Brits and their comically oversized wind turbines.   The Queen of England (who, if we remember our history lessons, is the Queen of Canada as well) has gone ahead and purchased the world’s largest wind turbine.   The turbine is called the Britannia, and is 25% more powerful than the previous record-holder.   It will be built off the coast of the United Kingdom, because apparently the Queen still owns the water.

From the article at treehugger.com, here’s a quote from the Director of the Marine Estates at The Crown Estate, which I gather is fancy talk for “Guy that watches over the water the Queen owns”:

This is an important step in the future of offshore wind and a great opportunity to help establish a new industrial base of activity to advance the UK’s leadership in renewable energy.”

I guess that means this will be the first step towards all sorts of these turbines popping up.   Maybe England is interested in challenging Spain’s record of producing over 40% of its power by wind.   I think they have some unfinished business.

Anyhow, you can takepart and learn what we’re doing on this side of the pond to harness offshore wind power.   Can’t let the Constitutional Monarchists have all the fun.