As renewable energy sources are implemented as options at
facilities and buildings across the U.S., new insights are
continually discovered. A study led by Liming Zhou, an
atmospheric scientist at the State University of New York-
(SUNY) Albany, provides insights about the possible effects of
wind farms. According to Zhou, wind farms in certain areas in
the United States appear to affect local land surface
temperatures The results could be important for developing
efficient adaptation and management strategies to ensure long-
term sustainability of wind power. "This study indicates that
land surface temperatures have warmed in the vicinity of large
wind farms in west-central Texas, especially at night," says
Anjuli Bamzai, program director in the National Science
Foundation's (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace
Sciences, which funded the research. "The observations and
analyses are for a relatively short period, but raise important
issues that deserve attention as we move toward an era of rapid
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