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Taming hurricanes with arrays of offshore wind turbines

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  • Mark Z. Jacobson

    (Stanford University, Stanford California 94305-4020, USA)

  • Cristina L. Archer

    (College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware)

  • Willett Kempton

    (College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware)

Abstract

Damage from hurricanes is increasing in many coastal regions worldwide. Research now shows that large wind-turbine arrays can significantly diminish peak near-surface hurricane wind speeds and storm surge. The net cost of turbine arrays is less than that of today’s fossil-fuel electricity generation and also than that of sea walls used to avoid storm-surge damage.

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  • Mark Z. Jacobson & Cristina L. Archer & Willett Kempton, 2014. "Taming hurricanes with arrays of offshore wind turbines," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 4(3), pages 195-200, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:4:y:2014:i:3:d:10.1038_nclimate2120
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2120
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    1. Momeni, Farhang & Sabzpoushan, Seyedali & Valizadeh, Reza & Morad, Mohammad Reza & Liu, Xun & Ni, Jun, 2019. "Plant leaf-mimetic smart wind turbine blades by 4D printing," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 329-351.
    2. Nagel, T. & Chauchat, J. & Wirth, A. & Bonamy, C., 2018. "On the multi-scale interactions between an offshore-wind-turbine wake and the ocean-sediment dynamics in an idealized framework – A numerical investigation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 783-796.

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