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Superconducting Coil to Eliminate the Need for Gearboxes in Wind Turbines

Emerging Technology, Industrial Technology, Process December 8, 2014January 13, 2015 Amanda Gasse

Gearboxes in wind turbines, which connect the low-speed shaft rotated by the blades to the current-generating high-speed shaft, are a significant source of efficiency losses and cost in today’s wind turbines. Tomorrow’s wind turbines might eliminate them completely.

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