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Plenty of wind

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Submitted by susan on Thu, 2013-02-21 10:05

By exerting a drag on the atmosphere, wind turbines convert a fraction of the atmosphere's kinetic energy to electrical energy. To find the point of diminishing returns, a new study adds so much drag to a simulated atmosphere that the winds slow to a crawl.

Author: 
Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
Main Topic: 
Energy
thesaurus: 
Wind Energy
Renewable Energy
Turbines
Atmosphere
Name of the Journal: 
Nature Climate Change
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External URL: 
http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v3/n2/full/nclimate1809.html
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Publication Date: 
01/02/2013