You get the impression that wind-turbine OEMs are shying away from designs that use gearboxes. Take the Siemens SWT-3.0-101 DD for instance. The company eliminated its gearbox and in the process eliminated about half the parts needed for a similarly sized gear-driven turbine. The 3-MW unit works with a 101-m dia. rotor with blades made [...]

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