Wind Wakes Putting the Brakes on Wind?

<![CDATA[People scoffed at the idea for the longest time when it was first broached - that as offshore turbines became ever more powerful, their massive blades spinning created their own 'wakes' behind them. In other words, a powerful stream of directed air disturbed and created turbulence not only in the airspace directly behind the turbine but for good distances beyond and impacted the ocean below.]]>