Why do windmills have a lifespan instead of being repairable/upgradeable?
In: Engineering
It costs too much.
Sure you can replace the rotor on a worn out wind turbine and that goes for both the wing and generator parts. You can put a cost estimate down for the work hours of the engineer and the part that probably hasn’t been produced in five years.
You can also buy newer more modern parts and simply build a new turbine that makes five times the money per dollar invested.
What choice would you make?
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