October 2018

Two new papers examine how turbine-atmosphere interactions shape wind-power’s environmental impacts

By David Keith

Today Lee Miller and I published a pair of papers on the interaction between wind turbines and the atmosphere. “Observation-based solar and wind power capacity factors and power densities” in Environmental Research Letters, and “Climatic impacts of wind power” in Joule. (Many thanks to the journals for arranging simultaneous publication.) Don’t miss Lee’s video abstracts for Joule and ERL.... Read more about Two new papers examine how turbine-atmosphere interactions shape wind-power’s environmental impacts