Comprehensive wind info collected to improve renewable energy

Monday, December 20, 2010 - 14:32 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists are researching how radar weather instruments can help improve predictions on when and how strongly winds will blow. They're testing the instruments from a working wind farm in southeastern Washington State with the goal of helping power grid operators better manage the intermittent stress that spinning wind turbines put on the electrical grid.

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