The World's Biggest Turbine Is Larger Than the London Eye

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S unveiled the world’s most powerful turbine, a 9.5-megawatt machine that dwarfs the giant London Eye Ferris wheel.

At 187 meters (614 feet) tall, the tip height of the V164-9.5MW turbine would loom over the 135 meter London Eye tourist attraction on the south bank of the Thames River. A single machine can generate enough power for for 8,300 U.K. homes, the Aarhus, Denmark-based turbine maker said in an email.