Washington Post Cites Recent China Project Study of Decreasing Wind Potential in China

A Washington Post article that explores the potential of climate change to weaken wind power potentials over time cites the findings from a China Project study led by Project Chair Prof. Michael MCELROY with student Peter SHERMAN and postdoc Xinyu CHEN that was recently published in Nature Scientific Reports.

 

After taking account of natural climate oscillations, the research team found that there has been a secular decline in wind energy from 1979 to 2015 in China, especially in western Inner Mongolia and northern Gansu, consistent with overall warming trends in the region and in global average surface temperatures.