Interannual Variability and Seasonal Predictability of Wind and Solar Resources

• Published in: Resources
• Main Authors: Krakauer, Nir Y., Cohan, Daniel S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2017
• Subjects: renewable energy; interannual variability; seasonal forecasting; teleconnections; Arctic; Merra
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96634; https://doi.org/10.3390/resources6030029

Solar and wind resources available for power generation are subject to variability due to meteorological factors. Here, we use a new global climate reanalysis product, Version 2 of the NASA Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA-2), to quantify interannual variability...