Climate Change Could Take the Air Out of Wind Farms
Climate Change Could Take the Air Out of Wind Farms
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
December 12, 20176m 11s
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Show Notes
Big offshore wind farms power Europe’s drive for a carbon-free society, while rows of spinning turbines across America’s heartland churn enough energy to power 25 million US homes. But a new study predicts that a changing climate will weaken winds that blow across much of the Northern hemisphere, possibly leading to big drops in clean wind energy.
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