An onshore wind resource assessment for Iceland using HARMONIE reanalysis data with consideration to hydrological reservoir flows

• Main Author: Danielle Christine Preziuso 1993-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn í Reykjavík
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Orkuvísindi; Vindorka; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Tækni- og verkfræðideild; Sustanable energy; Weather prediction; School of Science and Engineering; Mati; Mikla; Svæði; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/26944

Wind resource assessments are critical for successful wind farm implementation; they identify locations where resources are suitable for development. There are many approaches to conducting wind resource assessments, and the use of climatic data generated by numerical weather prediction models is becoming increasingly common in initial assessments. A reanalysis project conducted by the Icelandic Meteorological Office using the HARMONIE (Hirlam-Aladin Research towards Meso-scale Operational NWP in Europe) model produced 36 years’ worth of hourly weather data for Iceland, which was used for a nation-wide wind resource assessment in this study. The assessment identified 27 favorable regions for wind development, and a cross-correlation test determined that the sites are largely correlated across the country during the evaluated timeframes. Noting hydropower’s dominance in Iceland’s current energy portfolio, the favorable wind sites were also cross-correlated with historical hydrological reservoir flows, which displayed a real possibility of wind energy and hydropower complementing one another in the country. If thoughtfully developed, the wind sector could help increase the overall efficiency of the country’s energy portfolio while also creating diversity in production sources. Key words: wind resource assessment, numerical weather prediction model (NWP model), HARMONIE reanalysis data, hydrological reservoir flows, onshore Mat á vindorkuauðlind er forsenda fyrir hagkvæm vindorkuverkefni en með slíku mati má finna góð svæði fyrir uppbyggingu vindorku. Það eru margar aðferðafræðir sem hægt er að nota fyrir mat á vindorkuaðlind og notkun veðurfarsgagna úr veðurspálíkönum hefur aukist mikið. Endurgreining á veðurfarsgögnum fyrir allt Ísland var framkvæmd með HARMONIE líkaninu, fyrir 36 ára tímabil, í klukkustunda tímaupplausn en gögnin voru notuð í verkefninu til að meta vindorkuaðlind á Íslandi. Valin voru 27 svæði með góðum skilyrðum fyrir vindorkuvinnslu. Svæðin sýndu mikla jákvæðna fylgni yfir allt Ísland fyrir ...