Offshore wind turbine foundations may cool ocean surface by mixing seawater

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Calculating the impacts of wind farms on the surrounding area is not easy – especially at sea, where there are many different influences, the impact of which complicates the assessment. Now, experts from Scotland have come up with qualified estimates.

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Wind power plants at sea influence not only the air flow, but also the water layers below them. A model comparison with measurement data from the North Sea indicates that the underwater foundations can cool the sea surface locally by 0.1 to 0.3 degrees Celsius in summer. How much the effect is, depends above all on the stratification of the water. Liverpool [...] The post offshore wind farms can cool the sea surface appeared first on scanxx