TY - JOUR
TI - Impacts Of Wind Farms On Surface Air Temperatures
AU - Traiteur, J
AU - Roy, S
T2 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
AB - Utility-scale large wind farms are rapidly growing in size and numbers all over the world. Data from a meteorological field campaign show that such wind farms can significantly affect near-surface air temperatures. These effects result from enhanced vertical mixing due to turbulence generated by wind turbine rotors. The impacts of wind farms on local weather can be minimized by changing rotor design or by siting wind farms in regions with high natural turbulence. Using a 25-y-long climate dataset, we identified such regions in the world. Many of these regions, such as the Midwest and Great Plains in the United States, are also rich in wind resources, making them ideal candidates for low-impact wind farms.
DA - 2010/01//
PY - 2010
VL - 107
IS - 42
SP - 17899
EP - 17904
UR - https://www.pnas.org/content/107/42/17899
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1000493107
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Land-Based Wind
KW - Physical Environment
ER -