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Winters in Northern Europe are notorious for their lack of wind
by teamonkey 3y ago
Winters in Northern Europe are notorious for their lack of wind
- Scoundreller 3y agoCan’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not. I will say that winds and heating requirements are somewhat correlated, so having some wind production helps balance supply & demand. (Wind will increase convective and conductive heat losses).
- zgluck 3y agoThey were not being sarcastic. When it gets cold up here the wind power production tends to be low. I have no idea why; complex weather patterns are involved. And the solar energy production is obviously minimal.
- andromeduck 3y agoSnow cover increases surface albedo which reduces the day/night temperature differentials that drive wind. Static cloud cover has the same effect.
- teamonkey 3y agoFor the record I was being sarcastic. If you check the power generation stats for Sweden[1] you’ll see that wind generation was generally higher in winter months than Summer. [1] https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/SE-SE2 https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/SE-SE2