Characterization of the wind power resource in Europe and its intermittency

Alexandra Cosseron; Udaya Bhaskar Gunturu; C. Adam Schlosser

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2013.08.008

Characterization of the wind power resource in Europe and its intermittency

Alexandra Cosseron^*, Udaya Bhaskar Gunturu, C. Adam Schlosser

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Abstract

Wind power is assessed over Europe, with a special care given to the quantification of intermittency. Using the methodology developed in Gunturu and Schlosser [1], the MERRA boundary flux data was used to compute wind power density profiles over Europe. Besides of the analysis of capacity factor, other metrics have been designed to further quantify the availability and reliability of this resource and the extent to which wind-power intermittency is coincident across Europe. The presented analysis leads to the conclusion that wind-proponents' favourite statement, "wind always blows somewhere", may not be so true.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	58-66
Number of pages	9
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2013.08.008
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	2013 General Assembly of European Geosciences Union, EGU 2013 - Vienna, Austria Duration: Apr 7 2013 → Apr 12 2013

Keywords

Capacity factor
Clean energy
Coincidence
Intermittency
Wind power density

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General Energy

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Characterization of the wind power resource in Europe and its intermittency

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