A multi-year analysis of Canadian Arctic historical weather data in support of solar and wind renewable energy deployment
This work explores the importance of renewable resource temporal distribution for solar and wind energy deployment in Arctic communities to meet building and ancillary loads. An analysis of ten years of historic weather data was performed for six locations in the Canadian Arctic to assess renewable...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:001aaa1cdd284db9b6c95eb3e14e5318 2023-05-15T14:45:37+02:00 A multi-year analysis of Canadian Arctic historical weather data in support of solar and wind renewable energy deployment Wills Adam Banister Carsen Pellissier Mathieu Berquist Justin 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202124603006 https://doaj.org/article/001aaa1cdd284db9b6c95eb3e14e5318 EN FR eng fre EDP Sciences https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2021/22/e3sconf_hvac2021_03006.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2267-1242 2267-1242 doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202124603006 https://doaj.org/article/001aaa1cdd284db9b6c95eb3e14e5318 E3S Web of Conferences, Vol 246, p 03006 (2021) Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202124603006 2022-12-31T06:43:40Z This work explores the importance of renewable resource temporal distribution for solar and wind energy deployment in Arctic communities to meet building and ancillary loads. An analysis of ten years of historic weather data was performed for six locations in the Canadian Arctic to assess renewable resource variation. Simulations of similar capacity solar and wind generation systems were then coupled with the historic data to compare and contrast generation potential. This analysis highlighted the importance of considering hourly, daily, monthly, and year-to-year renewable generation when deploying solar and wind to the Arctic. As many northern communities in Canada have local electricity generation and distribution systems, and no connection to the continental grid, managing grid interactions effectively is crucial to the success of deployment, integration, and operation. The results for the solar energy analysis showed high consistency of production year-to-year. The results for the wind energy analysis showed that the annual outputs have significantly less variation than the year-to-year output of individual months for all the locations under study. For the high latitude locations studied, solar energy can still provide useful electricity generation output, but the more pronounced bias of the annual output to the summer months can leave several months with little or no output. The use of additional renewable sources is crucial in beginning to transition some electricity generating capacity within Arctic communities from being solely reliant on fossil fuels. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Canada E3S Web of Conferences 246 03006 |
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This work explores the importance of renewable resource temporal distribution for solar and wind energy deployment in Arctic communities to meet building and ancillary loads. An analysis of ten years of historic weather data was performed for six locations in the Canadian Arctic to assess renewable resource variation. Simulations of similar capacity solar and wind generation systems were then coupled with the historic data to compare and contrast generation potential. This analysis highlighted the importance of considering hourly, daily, monthly, and year-to-year renewable generation when deploying solar and wind to the Arctic. As many northern communities in Canada have local electricity generation and distribution systems, and no connection to the continental grid, managing grid interactions effectively is crucial to the success of deployment, integration, and operation. The results for the solar energy analysis showed high consistency of production year-to-year. The results for the wind energy analysis showed that the annual outputs have significantly less variation than the year-to-year output of individual months for all the locations under study. For the high latitude locations studied, solar energy can still provide useful electricity generation output, but the more pronounced bias of the annual output to the summer months can leave several months with little or no output. The use of additional renewable sources is crucial in beginning to transition some electricity generating capacity within Arctic communities from being solely reliant on fossil fuels. |
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A multi-year analysis of Canadian Arctic historical weather data in support of solar and wind renewable energy deployment |
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A multi-year analysis of Canadian Arctic historical weather data in support of solar and wind renewable energy deployment |
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A multi-year analysis of Canadian Arctic historical weather data in support of solar and wind renewable energy deployment |
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A multi-year analysis of Canadian Arctic historical weather data in support of solar and wind renewable energy deployment |
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A multi-year analysis of Canadian Arctic historical weather data in support of solar and wind renewable energy deployment |
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