Could offshore wind farms change how much rain falls on Europe?
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Less rain: A massive expansion of offshore wind energy in the North and Baltic Seas could change the weather of coastal regions, as a study shows.
Could offshore wind farms change how much rain falls on Europe?
A new climate-model study found that very large offshore wind farms could increase rainfall at sea while leaving some European coastal areas drier. In the most extensive scenario, precipitation fell by 10% to 12% in parts of Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and by more than 15% in parts of Denmark. The scenario was designed as an upper limit, not as a forecast of what today’s wind farms are doing. The research, published on 12 Au…
If wind farms in the North and Baltic Sea are expanded to the maximum, this can change the distribution of rainfall, but the scenario is currently unrealistic.
Less rain: A massive expansion of offshore wind energy in the North and Baltic Seas could change the weather of coastal regions, as a study shows.
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