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'Wind theft': The mysterious effect plaguing wind farms

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Amoxtli@thelemmy.club⁩ to ⁨energy@slrpnk.net⁩

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250506-renewable-energys-trouble-with-wind-theft

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  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That smells like oil lobby horseshit. It’s probably a real, but extremely minor phenomenon that we’re going to have to hear about it for fucking ever.

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    • Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Wouldn’t it be mitigated by staggering their positions?

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  • leftytighty@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Other things that steal wind include buildings and mountains. In service of big wind we must level our terrain and cities.

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  • Overspark@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sounds like storm mitigation to me! 😄

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