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Efficiency of wind turbines increases with height above 'ground'. I expect for this purpose the top of the tree canopy would be the ground, so turbines would h
by allannienhuis 4y ago
Efficiency of wind turbines increases with height above 'ground'. I expect for this purpose the top of the tree canopy would be the ground, so turbines would have to be higher by the amount of the forest canopy height, at least. I expect there are more issues with wind flow over tree canopy vs a crop field, but I suspect the height issue alone is enough to make the economics pretty bad.
- Simon_O_Rourke 4y agoNot only that, but the trees would provide habitat for all manner of birds which, to not put too fine a point on it, would end up diced by the turbine blades.