Wind Shear and Escarpments
Steep Slopes
Not all hills are suitable as wind turbine sites. A good hill for wind turbines should slope gently to the top.
If you put a wind turbine at the top of a cliff the rotor cannot catch the unsteady wind properly.
Click a cloud to see how the wind behaves when it meets a steep slope.
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