Researchers say large wind power installations, like the kind favored in the Obama administration's green energy initiative, increase ground temperatures and may have long-term environmental effects.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
Large wind farms slightly increase temperatures near the ground as the turbines' rotor blades pull down warm air, according to researchers who analyzed nine years of satellite readings around four of the world's biggest wind farms.
The study showed for the first time that wind farms of a certain scale, while producing clean, renewable energy, do have some long-term effect on the immediate environment.