German Professor: Wake Effect Decreases Wind Farm Efficiency, Contributes To Warming
By P Gosselin on 18. September 2024
First mocked, then victorious: The turbine slipstream dispute
By KlimaNachrichten
(Translated by P. Gosselin)
Professor Gerd Ganteför was called a lot of names when he reported on the so-called wake effect of wind turbines on the high seas in spring 2024. Wind turbines in wind farms not only take the wind away from each other, they can also have an impact on the wind behind the turbines up to 100 kilometers away.
In the meantime, the realization has also reached the windpark operators. The company Orstedt, which is heavily involved in so-called renewable energies, has some interesting results on its website. In a nutshell, it says that the turbines in the network deliver less yield, which means that the profitability per turbine decreases.
Overall, electricity production increases with more wind farms, but also the time until the investment per turbine pays off. The yield decreases if the calculated 4,000 – 4,500 hours of electricity generation per year are not achieved. The effect is likely to increase with more and more wind farms. It’s like a downward spiral. Let’s see what the German response to this is. It wouldn’t be surprising if it was to pay even more feed-in tariffs.
https://notrickszone.com/2024/09/18/german-professor-wake-effect-decreases-wind-farm-efficiency-contributes-to-warming/
