North Sea wind farm expansion may shift rain offshore, simulations suggest
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North Sea wind farm expansion may shift rain offshore, simulations suggest
Offshore wind farms are a key pillar of the energy transition. The European Union plans to expand offshore wind capacity in the North Sea by 2050. A new study by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon indicates that a very extensive expansion could influence regional precipitation patterns: While precipitation over the sea could increase, it could decrease in coastal regions.
The massive expansion of offshore wind energy could not only change the airflow over the North Sea. A regional climate model indicates that more rain could fall over large wind farm areas, while adjacent coastal regions receive less rainfall. The effect is particularly clear in a deliberately extreme expansion scenario for the period after 2050. Geesthacht (Germany). Offshore wind farms remove movement energy from the air and at the same time ge…
Hereon researchers investigate possible climate impacts of wind energy expansion. Offshore wind farms are an important component of the energy transition. The European [...]
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