New Study: Adding Wind Farms Leads To 1°C Per Decade Nighttime Land Surface Temperature Warming
By Kenneth Richard on 20. January 2022
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Wind turbines do not reduce surface warming. They enhance it.
Wind power expansion is thought to be “green,” reducing CO2 emissions and consequent surface warming.
But a new study (Qin et al., 2022) affirms the warming “saved” by emissions mitigation is easily exceeded by the direct surface warming from turbine-atmosphere interactions.
In assessing of the climate effects of 319 wind farms, the authors have determined wind power-warming can amount to as much as 0.10°C per year (1°C per decade) in nighttime temperature increases. They point out that other studies have also shown wind turbines cause nighttime warming of 0.3°C to 0.7°C per decade in states like Illinois and Texas.
https://notrickszone.com/2022/01/20/new-study-adding-wind-farms-leads-to-1c-per-decade-nighttime-land-surface-temperature-warming/
