[jonno]

Something doesn’t smell quite right.

Question: are not wind-turbines essentially a passive device? That is, don’t they only move when the wind is blowing?

And if the above is true, how then could they contribute to “ground warming and drying”? Is the suggestion here that the turbines somehow redirect the blowing wind towards the ground??

Building on the above, it seems odd that even a large farm of turbines could sufficiently dampen wind speed/volume/velocity (however it is quantified)...

[null and void]

And if the above is true, how then could they contribute to “ground warming and drying”?

Good question!

The turbulence they introduce to the smooth wind stream breaks up the relatively calm layer near the ground. If this blanket is cool moist air trapped near moist soil and the average humidity and temperature in the air column is lower, it will tend to warm and dry the ground.