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Extreme Winds in the New European Wind Atlas

Year: 2018

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: As a part of the New European Wind Atlas project, we investigate the estimation of extreme winds from mesoscale simulations. In order to take the smoothing effect of the simulations into account, a spectral correction method is applied to the data. We show that the corrected extreme wind estimates are close to the values obtained from offshore met masts. Hence, after further investigations we plan to use the examined approach as a basis for the calculation of extreme winds on the complete New European Wind Atlas, which will be publicly available at the end of the project.

Source: Journal of Physics Conference Series

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1102/1/012006

Authors: David Bastine, Xiaoli Larsén, Björn Witha, Martin Dörenkämper, Julia Gottschall

Institutions: Jade Hochschule, Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems, Technical University of Denmark, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Language: English

Topic: Wind Energy Research and Development

Subfield: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg