Offshore wind will be a $1T industry by 2040, but it's needed now
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#2Will wind turbines accelerate climate change?
edit: during its exploitation
I was involved in design of Wind Farms and they affect wind directions at least locally. Naturally, they change climate locally. The question is how local is not global enough.
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#3Will wind turbines accelerate climate change? edit: during its exploitation I was involved in design of Wind Farms and they affect wind directions at least locally. Naturally, they change climate locally. The question is how local is not global enough.
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#4Will wind turbines accelerate climate change? edit: during its exploitation I was involved in design of Wind Farms and they affect wind directions at least locally. Naturally, they change climate locally. The question is how local is not global enough.
In terms of pulling out excess energy from the atmosphere then yes. But the effect will likely be too small to measure on a global scale. Note that the acceleration in here will be in the reverse direction. Plus the heat will eventually be re-released back into the atmosphere thanks to thermodynamics.
The majority of the savings will come from offsetting carbon emitting sources of power.
Re: Offshore wind will be a $1T industry by 2040, but it's needed now
#5Will wind turbines accelerate climate change? edit: during its exploitation I was involved in design of Wind Farms and they affect wind directions at least locally. Naturally, they change climate locally. The question is how local is not global enough.
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#6Will wind turbines accelerate climate change? edit: during its exploitation I was involved in design of Wind Farms and they affect wind directions at least locally. Naturally, they change climate locally. The question is how local is not global enough.
Why would a wind turbine emit greenhouse gasses? During manufacturing? During use? Compared to natural gas, coal, or hydro power?
Re: Offshore wind will be a $1T industry by 2040, but it's needed now
#7How easy to maintain are these? Have they gotten better in the last decade? I see these things failing all the time around me but perhaps they are just shitty and better manufacturing saves the day?
Re: Offshore wind will be a $1T industry by 2040, but it's needed now
#8Will wind turbines accelerate climate change? edit: during its exploitation I was involved in design of Wind Farms and they affect wind directions at least locally. Naturally, they change climate locally. The question is how local is not global enough.
In terms of pulling out excess energy from the atmosphere then yes. But the effect will likely be too small to measure on a global scale. Note that the acceleration in here will be in the reverse direction. Plus the heat will eventually be re-released back into the atmosphere thanks to thermodynamics. The majority of the savings will come from offsetting carbon emitting sources of power.
Isn't removing energy from our over-energized climate system a good thing?
I realize that this is a very simplistic view, but if I am wrong I would love to learn something.
Re: Offshore wind will be a $1T industry by 2040, but it's needed now
#9How easy to maintain are these? Have they gotten better in the last decade? I see these things failing all the time around me but perhaps they are just shitty and better manufacturing saves the day?
It's a highly redundant technology. Any turbine is as good as any other in the farm. As long as the economics work out (which is the real question, and I don't have an answer), there's no particular reason to demand perfect reliability for situations where maintenance is expensive. It's just like leaving stale servers to rot in giant data centers.
Re: Offshore wind will be a $1T industry by 2040, but it's needed now
#10How easy to maintain are these? Have they gotten better in the last decade? I see these things failing all the time around me but perhaps they are just shitty and better manufacturing saves the day?
>How easy to maintain are these?
The current lifespan of wind turbines is around 20 years (but 15 years is closer to reality). So ... not great.