TY - JOUR
TI - The Influence Of Large-Scale Wind Power On Global Climate
AU - Keith, D
AU - DeCarolis, J
AU - Denkenberger, D
AU - Lenschow, D
AU - Malyshev, S
AU - Pacala, S
AU - Rasch, P
T2 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
AB - Large-scale use of wind power can alter local and global climate by extracting kinetic energy and altering turbulent transport in the atmospheric boundary layer. We report climate-model simulations that address the possible climatic impacts of wind power at regional to global scales by using two general circulation models and several parameterizations of the interaction of wind turbines with the boundary layer. We find that very large amounts of wind power can produce nonnegligible climatic change at continental scales. Although large-scale effects are observed, wind power has a negligible effect on global-mean surface temperature, and it would deliver enormous global benefits by reducing emissions of CO2 and air pollutants. Our results may enable a comparison between the climate impacts due to wind power and the reduction in climatic impacts achieved by the substitution of wind for fossil fuels.
DA - 2004/11//
PY - 2004
VL - 101
IS - 46
SP - 16115
EP - 16120
UR - https://www.pnas.org/content/101/46/16115
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0406930101
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Changes in Flow
KW - Physical Environment
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Climate Change
ER -