A strengthening El Niño weather pattern is expected to boost wind energy performance for West Coast investors and operators in the first quarter of 2016, while many regions of the United States will continue to feel the impact of below average wind speeds into next year. This is according to a forecast released by Vaisala,…
Good news for some wind farms: La Niña could boost power production
Recent maps indicate an above average wind-power production is likely in the first quarter of 2011 across much of the continental U.S. due to a strong La Niña. In addition to foreshadowing a boon for wind power operators, these Seattle-based 3TIER’s analysis demonstrates that the long-term climactic variability of wind power can be anticipated and factored…