Comments on: Offshore wind can provide the missing pieces in the energy and climate puzzle http://www.ewea.org/blog/2012/01/offshore-wind-can-provide-the-missing-pieces-in-the-energy-and-climate-puzzle/ Breath of fresh air Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Offshore Nieuws - Offshore Wind Boosts Economic Growth of Europe http://www.ewea.org/blog/2012/01/offshore-wind-can-provide-the-missing-pieces-in-the-energy-and-climate-puzzle/#comment-12448 Offshore Nieuws - Offshore Wind Boosts Economic Growth of Europe Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:25:29 +0000 http://www.ewea.org/blog/?p=2744#comment-12448 [...] Tuuliki Kasonen ( read more [...]

]]> By: slider http://www.ewea.org/blog/2012/01/offshore-wind-can-provide-the-missing-pieces-in-the-energy-and-climate-puzzle/#comment-12405 slider Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:25:03 +0000 http://www.ewea.org/blog/?p=2744#comment-12405 Couldn’t disagree more with Ms. Kasonen. Offshore wind LCOE is much higher than on-shore. In fact, some studies show off-shore LCOE to be 50% higher than on-shore.

The same goes for direct-drive PM turbines versus conventional gearbox drivetrains. While on-shore turbines using conventional gearbox drivetrains may not sound sexy or high-tech, they are most cost-effective, and are the way forward.

Evolution, instead of Revolution.

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