Wind turbines could put the brakes on hurricanes

摘要

New modelling, published in Nature Climate Change, shows large arrays of thousands of wind turbines could theoretically cut wind speeds by nearly 150km per hour and reduce storm surges by 79 per cent. The study modelled recent US hurricanes - Katrina in 2005 and Sandy in 2012 - and how their impacts might be mitigated by wind turbines. There was a close match between the modelled hurricanes, and wind speeds and storm tracks recorded during the storms.