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by baseline-shift 833 days ago
It really doesn't seem like it could pencil out, as it carries only one blade at a time, that's three trips for each turbine - and most windfarms would have more than one. But I guess they think it does. Perhaps they can also deliver to offshore farms, which already have contracts. I know there is a shortage of the specialized ships to float their huge blades out.

Also, I hope they've done their homework on NIMBY pushback on land which is pretty effective against wind farms even with regular sized turbines.

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Looks like they load 2 blades at a time. Check out the image on their site. https://radia.com/windrunner
The image 3/4 down the page directly under "Specifications" with the transparency slider shows the rear of the plane only fitting the narrow tip end.

It can fit multiple smaller blades but only 1 very large blade.

Also, wind farms with giant blades tend not to be built close to airports, for some obscure reason.
Depends on your definition of "close". There is a wind farm pretty close to the Berlin airport, but certainly some miles away.
Obviously because they put airports where there isn't wind.
Well, the photos show at least two blades in there, top to tail.