Does the sun shine more brightly during a wind drought?

As a leader in wind and solar resource assessment for the renewable energy industry, Vaisala often is asked questions about overall weather patterns, especially when investment in wind and solar energy is at stake.

July 2018, heatwaves throughout Europe shrunk lakes, dried riverbeds, and turned lawns brown. The high temperatures also affected wind energy production — enough so that people began speaking of a “wind drought,” and several major utilities reported lower-than-expected earnings.

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