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A comment on America’s First Offshore Wind Farm. Parent comment

Re:America’s First Offshore Wind Farm by mfringel on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @02:29PM (#12346186)
Is it reasonable to expect that on-shore wind turbine efficiency is identical to off-shore wind turbine efficiency?
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Re:America’s First Offshore Wind Farm by mikeyouse on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @02:53PM (#12346419)
Not even remotely, off shore turbines are much, much more efficient. Newer turbines already have capacity factors of over 40%, newer off shore turbines can exceed 50%.

http://rameznaam.com/2015/08/30/how-steady-can-the-wind-blow...

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