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COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL WIND TURBINES
LIMITATIONS OF CONVENTIONAL WIND TURBINES:
Range of speed - 5m/s to 15 m/s.
Noisy in operation
Unreliable – Depends on wind flow
Birds hit – Dangerous for birds
ADVANTAGES OF FLOATING WIND GENERATORS OVER CONVENTIONAL WIND TURBINES.
Higher Range of speed - 5m/s to 15 m/s.
No noise
Reliable winds
Bird friendly
Low cost
TWO MAJOR JET STREAMS IN BOTH EARTH HEMISPHERES
The Sub-Tropical Jet
Polar Front Jet
These jet stream winds offer an energy benefit between one and two orders of magnitude greater than equalrotor- area, ground mounted wind turbines operating in the lowest regions of the Earth’s boundary layer.
These winds are available in northern India, China, Japan, Africa, the Mediterranean, and elsewhere.