Wind turbines undermined by climate change, suggests report

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Global warming could be contributing to a perceptible slowing in wind speeds across the midwestern US, according to a report to be published in August

Climate change itself could be undermining attempts to prevent the phenomenon after a report suggested that wind turbines are not generating as much power as they were 30 years ago because of global warming....

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