Wind energy: On the grid, off the checkerboard
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 11:01
in Physics & Chemistry
As wind farms grow in importance across the globe as sources of clean, renewable energy, one key consideration in their construction is their physical design—spacing and orienting individual turbines to maximize their efficiency and minimize any "wake effects," where the swooping blades of one reduces the energy in the wind available for the following turbine.