Neat News 116 (added 2016-04-25)
Wind farms Change the Micro-Climate only to a Small Degree
© Hans Hillewaert
Wind farms have an effect on the micro-climate in their surroundings. However, as has been measured in a new study, the effect is only small so that it is no reason against wind farms.
News seen at: BBC - Science
Further Info
- Image from wikimedia. Offshore wind farm, using 5 MW turbines REpower 5M in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Hans Hillewaert
- Wikipedia entry on Wind Turbine
- Link to scientific article in Environmental Research Letters