Get ready to start seeing more pictures of wind turbines posted up against the world’s famous landmarks: Siemens Gamesa has just announced the latest bid for the world’s largest wind turbine – weighing in at 14 MW with blades that are 108 meters long. Rather than being a ‘mines bigger than yours’ competition, the real question behind the success of these larger turbines, is how much they will influence project cost? From the name of the SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine, you can extract both the direct-drive drive train and 222 meter rotor diameter, as well as the system’s 14 MW nameplate capacity, although the turbine OEM claims that a ‘Power Boost’ can actually push power output up as…