| Pros: |
Pros: |
| Generates more energy: 1MW more energy than onshore turbines due to larger turbines. |
Cost-effective compared to offshore |
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Quicker installation |
| Efficiency: winds at sea are stronger and blow in the same direction more often |
Lower transmission losses with less voltage drop |
| Less intrusive: Fewer environmental impacts; no |
Proven technology and reduced wear and |
| issue of land acquisition. |
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| Cons: |
Cons: |
| Transmission and distribution process is tedious, |
Noise pollution. |
| and needs more infrastructure. |
Unpredictable wind speeds and direction. |
| High maintenance costs |
Limits on Land availability and landscape |