A New Approach to Assess Wind Energy PotentialShow others and affiliations
2015 (English)In: Energy Procedia, Elsevier, 2015, p. 671-676Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
To meet the increasing global demand for renewable energy, such as wind energy, an increasing number of wind parks are being constructed worldwide. Finding a suitable location requires a detailed and often costly analysis of local wind conditions. Plain average wind speed maps cannot provide a precise forecast of wind power because of the non-linear relationship between wind speed and production. We suggest a novel, globally feasible approach to assess the local wind energy potential: First, meteorological reanalysis data are applied to obtain long-term low-scale wind speed data at specific turbine locations and hub heights. Second, the relation between wind data and energy production is for the first time determined via a five parameter logistic function using actual high-frequency energy production data. The resulting wind energy index allows for a turbine-specific estimation of the expected wind power at an unobserved location. A map of the wind power potential for Germany exemplifies our approach.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2015. p. 671-676
Series
Energy Procedia, ISSN 1876-6102 ; 75
Keywords [en]
energy production, MERRA, onshore wind, renewable energy, Wind power, Location, Turbines, Wind, Wind effects, Energy productions, Five parameter logistic, High frequency HF, Non-linear relationships, Onshore winds, Renewable energies, Wind energy index
National Category
Economics Energy Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-54531DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.485Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84947065445OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-54531DiVA, id: diva2:1614440
Conference
7th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2015, 28 March 2015 through 31 March 2015
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