What's A Wind Drought? Europe's Lust for the Gust

Dr. Hannah Bloomfield, a Climate Risk Analytics research
associate at the University of Bristol, describes an extreme
weather event that affected European energy output significantly
this year: a wind drought. We discuss how unequal warming between
the poles and the equator is potentially leading to a pattern of
decreasing mid latitude wind speeds, a phenomenon known as global
stilling and the consequences this will have for electric systems
that are becoming increasingly reliant on the weather.


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