Where the wild winds blow: Stanford engineers use weather models to site offshore wind farms
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 07:32
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Politics aside, most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. Wind farms placed offshore could play a large role in meeting such challenges, and yet no offshore wind farms exist today in the United States.