AGU FM11 – Changing the energy landscape: More efficient wind farms and cleaner biofuels
Press Conference from 2011 AGU Fall Meeting – Thu. 11 am PST Recent renewable energy research has the potential to change the energy landscape, bolstering wind farms, saving energy companies money, and showing that not all biofuels are created equal. Martin Graus will detail the results of recent experiments on several biofuel crops, including corn, focusing on which produce the least harmful crop growth emissions. Julie Lundquist will discuss recent findings about how the “wake effect” — the wind wake trailing behind a turbine — behaves, affecting local wind patterns behind the turbine and the turbine efficiency. Yelena Pichugina will unveil an analysis of high-resolution wind data from the offshore New England region in the United States that reveal wind-flow patterns at the height of modern turbines, where few measurements are currently available. Participants: Martin Graus Research Scientist, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA; Julie Lundquist Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA; Yelena Pichugina Research Scientist, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA. Sessions: B53A, GC52B, OS53A
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