Blizzard Helps Scientists Visualize Airflow Around Large Wind Turbines

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By Yale Environment 360Jun 25, 2014, 12:21 pm77 pts
A Minnesota blizzard has helped scientists understand airflow patterns around large wind turbines, paving the way for more efficient turbine designs and wind farm configurations, researchers report in Nature Communications. Wind farms lose roughly 10 to 20 percent of the potential energy they could harvest, and…

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