Turbine on the Calder Water Wind Farm
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Turbine on the Calder Water Wind Farm by Gordon Brown as part of the Geograph project.
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Turbine on the Calder Water Wind Farm
Image: © Gordon Brown Taken: 18 Apr 2020
The turbines on this site are Siemens 3MW Direct Drive units. This design eliminates the gearbox (normally weighing 10 tonnes or more) so improves reliability and reduces the nacelle size compared with wind turbines utilising gearboxes.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
55.639937
Longitude
-4.218662