Should future wind speed changes be taken into account in wind farm development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15545331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annemarie Devis (0000-0002-7302-3014, KU Leuven, corresponding author), Nicole Van Lipzig (0000-0003-2899-4046, KU Leuven), Nicole P M van Lipzig, Matthias Demuzere (0000-0003-3237-4077, Ghent University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 064012-064012 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/aabff7 |
| OpenAlex | W2800803796 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 35 |
Accurate wind resource assessments are crucial in the development of wind farmprojects. However, it is common practice to estimate the wind yield over the next 20 years from short-term measurements and reanalysis data of the past 20 years, even though wind climatology is expected to change under the future climate. The present work examines future changes in wind power output over Europe using an ensemble of ESMs. The power output is calculated using the entire wind speed PDF and a non-constant power conversion coefficient. Based on this method, the ESM ensemble projects changes in near-future power outputs with a spatially varying magnitude between -12% and 8%. The most extreme changes occur over theMediterranean region. For the first time, the sensitivity of these future change in power output to the type of wind turbine is also investigated. The analysis reveals that the projected wind power changes may vary in up to half of their magnitude, depending on the type of turbine and region of interest. As such, we recommend that wind industries fully account for projected near-future changes in wind power output by taking them into account as a well-defined loss/gain and uncertainty when estimating the yield of a future wind farm
Climate change · Geography · Magnitude (astronomy · Meteorology · Physics · Turbine · Wind power · Wind profile power law · Wind speed · Work (physics · Climate variability and models · Energy Load and Power Forecasting · Engineering · Environmental Science · Wind Energy Research and Development · Geology
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |