Offshore wind farms: Low loss solutions for transferring current
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 20:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Using wind energy where the wind blows strongest makes perfect sense as long as the energy can be readily transported to where it is needed. The first offshore plants are already being erected, and many more are planned. But the farther they are away from the coast, the more urgent becomes the problem of transferring the current with as low a loss as possible. Over long distances, this is possible only with direct current.