I'm reading that the 60 MW alpha ventus off-shore wind farm generated 268 GWh last year, 15% above plan. If I did my calculations right, that's a capacity factor of 51.0%! A question to the wind experts here: do you have comparative capacity factor numbers on European off-shore wind farms?

BTW, there is a new connection between wind power and train technology beyond motor/generator technology: condition monitoring. Railway company Knorr-Bremse teamed up with SKM to create condition monitoring for train running gear, based on SKM's experience with wind turbine gear condition monitoring.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}