permanent magnet gearbox Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:37:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Siemens Introduces New Type of Direct Drive Systems for Wind Turbines to Replace Faulty Gearboxes https://www.greenoptimistic.com/siemens-direct-drive-system-gearbox-20100429/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/siemens-direct-drive-system-gearbox-20100429/#respond Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:37:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7501 Because they are bulky and cause a lot of troubles, wind turbine gearboxes are to be shunned out of the wind power industry slowly but surely, being replaced with direct drive systems. These are indeed bigger, but the nacelle's overall weight is lower, and the chances of breaking up are also reduced, because of the reduced complexity.

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