Wind Energy: On the Grid, Off the Checkerboard

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new way to study wake effects that includes the airflow both within and around a wind farm and challenges the conventional belief that turbines arrayed in checker board patterns produce the highest power output. Their study provides insight into factors that determine the most favorable positioning, described in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy.

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