Remember, we need to build solar panels and wind turbines for “clean green energy” to save the planet.

Now those turbine blades are not really recyclable, have a limited shelf life and delivering them will require the world’s largest plane (which doesn’t run on wind or solar) and it will require special airport facilities.

Enter Radia, which has unveiled plans for the world’s largest airplane. Dubbed the WindRunner, this behemoth aircraft promises to revolutionize the renewable energy sector by simplifying the transportation of colossal wind turbine blades…

The WindRunner’s gargantuan form will necessitate specialized infrastructure. 6,000-foot semi-prepared runways will be needed at sites where turbine blades are manufactured to accommodate its landings and takeoffs.

Nothing says clean energy and green like “6,000-foot semi-prepared runways”. And this plane is not the Spruce Goose either. (Pictured above.)

Off-shore wind farms also need specialized vessels.

Clarksons Offshore Renewables, a shipping broker that matches vessels with project developers, estimates that there are between 15 and 20 ships outside China able to install turbines with a minimum 15-megawatt capacity and that more will be needed in the next several years. Consultant Wood Mackenzie says that there are about 40 ships operating outside China, though not all are used exclusively for offshore wind. To meet future demand, Woodmac anticipates about $14.8 billion will need to be invested. So far, only about a third of that has actually been committed.

Building an enormous wind turbine is a complicated task on land, never mind on the open ocean. It starts with carefully loading components onto a ship. Towers and blades can be more than 100 meters long and the container that houses the generator, called a nacelle, is around the size of a villa. Once the ship reaches the future site of the turbine, the pieces must be removed and assembled. It takes roughly three days to install just one turbine, depending on travel time to port.

The looming shortage of ships capable of handling such turbines, some of which are almost as tall as the Chrysler Building, comes on the back of a tumultuous 2023 for the offshore wind industry.

We could be using this money and ingenuity to build reliable energy systems. Especially nuclear. But instead, we’re getting unreliable energy at premium prices. And the cost of unreliable ‘green’ energy is crushing businesses and homeowners. It’s depressing our economy.

And there’s nothing clean or green about it.

When your ‘clean energy’ needs the world’s largest plane and specialized runaways to install massive non-recyclable blades that are themselves toxic and will wear out and then go into a landfill, that’s not clean.