Backbone tie lines (IMAGE)
Caption
In their investigation of the economic benefits of offshore wind, researchers looked at two different ways that the generated power could be delivered to shore. One structure is called a backbone, in which the wind farms (represented by a single wind turbine in the above image) are connected to each other, then connected to shore at fewer points.
Credit
Stephanie King for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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