In the coming days, offshore and onshore wind energy will contribute.
FREMONT, CA: Wind farms can be built onshore and offshore to intake wind energy and create sustainable electricity. The difference between the locations arrives with different merits and demerits. In more discussions in the past few years, the increasing construction of onshore and offshore wind farms came off.
Onshore wind energy
Onshore wind turbines are turbines raised on the land—the initial onshore wind turbine built to create electricity dates back to the 19th century. The wind turbines adapted for onshore operation span all sizes of horizontal axis wind turbines. The power of onshore wind turbines ranges from 4.8 M- the globally largest onshore horizontal axis wind turbines- to as small as 10 W. Relying on the type of wind turbines in condition, can install onshore wind turbines separately on fields, mountain tops, coastal areas, or even the backyard of a house. In addition, can group them to form a wind farm that offers larger, collective power output. Modern onshore wind farms utilizing large horizontal wind turbines can comprise thousands of turbines.
Offshore wind energy
Offshore wind energy is applied to produce electrical power. Offshore wind turbines are the largest, most effective horizontal axis wind turbines, constructed directly in the oceans and far away from the coast. Offshore wind farms can generate hundreds of MW with several hundreds of them. The produced electrical power is transferred over large distances to land, where it could use it. Vertical axis wind turbines can be positioned in an offshore environment.
Since their locations are completely different, onshore and offshore wind energy have merits and disadvantages. Can discuss the merits and demerits of onshore and offshore wind energy from four perspectives: cost, location limitation, environmental impact, and capacity factor. Most offshore wind farms globally are in the North and Baltic Sea, scattered along the Chinese coast and surrounding England.
