Publication Date

12-1-2015

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

Sturm College of Law

Keywords

Wind capacity, Wake efficiency

Abstract

The United States loves wind power. Since 2004 alone, U.S. wind capacity has multiplied almost ten times — from about 6.7 gigawatts in 2004 to over 65.9 gigawatts by 2014. This growth in generation potential has been accompanied by a growth in the size of the turbines that deliver that power — from approximately 56 feet in the 1980s to over 300 feet in 2015. As the turbines and meterological or met towers push up into non-surface atmospheric weather layers and navigable airspace over 200 feet, new wake efficiency and competing legal concerns arise.

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Rights Holder

K.K. DuVivier

Provenance

Received from author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

10 pgs

File Size

666 KB

Publication Title

NEXUS

Volume

1

First Page

1

Last Page

10

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