Microclimate effects of wind farms on local crop yields |
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| Institution: | 1. Kenyon College, 311 Ascension Hall, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, 43022, USA;2. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Box 6005, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA;3. University of Pittsburgh, 3804 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA;1. Humboldt University of Berlin and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin, Germany;2. Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse, France;1. Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague 6, Suchdol, 165 21, Czech Republic;2. Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague 6, Suchdol, 165 21, Czech Republic;3. Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, Pr?honice, 252 43 Czech Republic;1. Department of Economics, Wake Forest University, USA;2. Department of Economics, East Carolina University, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper considers a novel spillover effect of wind farms - microclimate impacts on neighboring crop yields. Using US county-level crop and wind capacity data, I examine the effects of wind energy development on crop yields, controlling for time-invariant county characteristics and state-level annual shocks. I find robust evidence that counties with increased wind power development have also experienced increased corn and other crop yields, such that an additional 100 MW of wind capacity increases county yields by roughly 1%. At recent prices, this implies a more than $5 dollar per megawatt-hour local benefit, corresponding to several hundred million dollars in annual benefits. |
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| Keywords: | Wind power Microclimates Crop yields Q12 Q42 Q48 Q54 |
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