A little something for the weekend: a wonderful picture of windfarm wakes — clouds forming in the wakes behind the front row of the Horns Rev windfarm, 14km off the coast of Denmark. Picture comes from here. Discussion of the implications for windfarm design at David McKay’s Without Hot Air blog, h/t to Stoat and someone on Twitter.
In the wake of Poseidon Gareth Renowden Jan 24
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January
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November
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October
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September
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