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Wind Wakes Putting the Brakes on Wind? – HotAir

People scoffed at the idea for the longest time when it was first broached – that as offshore turbines became ever more powerful, their massive blades spinning created their own ‘wakes’ behind them. In other words, a powerful stream of directed air disturbed and created turbulence not only in the airspace directly behind the turbine but for good distances beyond and impacted the ocean below.





These questions and early studies were dismissed out of hand by the wind industry and its advocates.

HAH, HAH, HAH – YOU FUNNY GUY – IT’S JUST A BIG FAN

The first farms had turbines lined up like little ducks in a row, and then those pictures started coming in.

This one is from 2016, taken during a low-hanging fog that made for a graphic illustration. 

Hang on a minute – you can see the first turbines but barely make out the second row directly behind them, and, well,…

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