off-shore wind turbine Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:46:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Off-Shore Wind Turbines Could Supply All of EU’s Power Needs, And More! https://www.greenoptimistic.com/off-shore-wind-turbines-could-supply-all-of-eus-power-needs-and-more-20130801/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/off-shore-wind-turbines-could-supply-all-of-eus-power-needs-and-more-20130801/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:46:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=40124 Interested in wind power? Well, you can’t just slap a wind turbine anywhere. What about off-shore where no one will see them? You can’t put them in cities, and of course there are some places where there just isn’t enough wind to do the job. There are also concerns about bird and bat populations that […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/off-shore-wind-turbines-could-supply-all-of-eus-power-needs-and-more-20130801/feed/ 0 40124 Friction-Drive Wind Turbine Can Withstand Powerful Windstorms https://www.greenoptimistic.com/friction-drive-wind-turbine-can-withstand-powerful-windstorms-20091208/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/friction-drive-wind-turbine-can-withstand-powerful-windstorms-20091208/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:47:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5685 In standard wind turbines, the blades turn a drive shaft which engages the gearbox. The gearbox is the most vulnerable part, as in wind blasts it has to withstand very high mechanical stress. In time, it will wear down or break some metal teeth making it in short time unusable.

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