Friday, July 02, 2021

Accelerating deployment of offshore wind energy alter wind climate and reduce future power generation potentials

Anybody, who claims that large offshore wind power farms are benign and environmentally friendly is a propagandist! Unfortunately, this research also relies on climate model predictions!

Of course, large wind power farms change local wind patterns and weather conditions and probably much more!

To invest in wind power as a source of energy is one of the greatest hoaxes and scams of recent history! It is like medieval superstition is alive and kicking! Human folly has no bounds!

"... With increasing size and clustering, offshore wind farms (OWFs) wake effects, which alter wind conditions and decrease the power generation efficiency of wind farms downwind become more important. We use a high-resolution regional climate model with implemented wind farm parameterizations to explore offshore wind energy production limits in the North Sea. We simulate near future wind farm scenarios considering existing and planned OWFs in the North Sea and assess power generation losses and wind variations due to wind farm wake. ...
The large-size of wind farms and their proximity affect not only the performance of its downwind turbines but also that of neighboring downwind farms, reducing the capacity factor by 20% or more, which increases energy production costs and economic losses. ..."

Accelerating deployment of offshore wind energy alter wind climate and reduce future power generation potentials | Scientific Reports (open access)

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