Thanks Marmite, much clearer, sorry to be a pain, so is that why every windfarm I see has 2 or more turbines not working? Is this because if one stops another is booted up, so to speak, to maintain level of supply to the feeder station & grid. Surely it would be more sensible to tap into the...
So how do windfarms work? Surely each "wind-farm" has a transformer or substation and not one on each turbine?
And underground cabling have shunt reactors to absorb & control voltage, do turbines not work in series?
Additionally there are already a network of Transfer stations,along the route...
Cheers Bacon4life
The reason I ask is that due to the cost of offshore windfarms and the underwater cable & connectors, and the issues over planning onshore wind-farms, whether it would be feasible, if slightly more expensive to replace OH transmission lines with underground cables, and put up...
The majority of cost seems to be in set-up i.e. hiring & transporting plant etc. What would be the effect of economies of scale if the length was 220km rather than 15km or even 2200km?