Large Wind Farms Increase Temperatures Near Ground
BY ROBERT LEE HOTZ
Large wind farms slightly increase temperatures near the ground as the turbines' rotor blades pull down warm air, according to researchers who analyzed nine years of satellite readings around four of the world's biggest wind farms.
The study showed
for the first time that wind farms of a certain scale, while producing
clean, renewable energy, do have some long-term effect on the immediate
environment.
Using sensors aboard a NASA satellite, researchers
at the University at Albany-State University of New York, and the
University of Illinois systematically tracked a cluster of wind farms in
central Texas...
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