Oct 4, 2018 · In two papers — published today in the journals Environmental Research Letters and Joule — Harvard University researchers find that the transition to wind or solar power in the U.S. would require five to 20 times more land than previously thought, and, if such large-scale wind farms were built, would warm average surface temperatures over ...

Oct 30, 2018 · This research suggests that not only will wind farms require more land area to hit the proposed renewable energy targets but also, at such large scale, would become an active player in the climate system.

Oct 4, 2018 · Today's commercial-scale wind farms carefully space turbines to reduce the impact of these wind shadows, but given the expectation that wind farms will continue to expand as demand for wind-derived electricity increases, interactions and associated climatic impacts cannot be …

Oct 6, 2020 · A 2018 study conducted by scientists from Harvard, published in the academic journal Joule, found that wind turbines cause significant local increases in surface temperatures in the areas where they are located.

Dec 15, 2023 · geometrically simple, isolated wind farms at smaller scales of 3,000–300,000 km2 (10- to 1,000 times larger than today’s wind farms) in windy locations found substantial reductions in wind speed and changes in atmospheric boundary layer

Feb 25, 2013 · The ideal wind farm strikes a balance, packing as many turbines onto the land as possible, while also spacing them enough to reduce the impact of these wind shadows. But as wind farms grow larger, they start to interact, and the regional-scale wind patterns matter more.

May 23, 2023 · In this paper I provide an overview of conflicts over wind wakes and flag recent developments in case law that address this issue. Specifically, I analyze a 2021 Appellate Court of Maryland ruling that rejected several promising claims a downwind developer made against an upwind landowner.

Nov 2, 2009 · Harvard University announced today (Nov. 2) that more than 10 percent of the electricity consumed on its Cambridge and Allston campuses soon will be supplied from a wind farm in northern Maine.

Oct 5, 2018 · In two papers – published today in the journals Environmental Research Letters and Joule – Harvard University researchers find that the transition to wind or solar power in the U.S. would require five to 20 times more land than previously thought, and, if such large-scale wind farms were built, would warm average surface temperatures over ...

Oct 4, 2018 · The US Department of Energy expects wind turbine capacity to more than quadruple again by 2050. But a new study by a pair of Harvard researchers finds that a high amount of wind power could…