Assessment of offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas based on high-resolution hindcast model results
Source at https://doi.org/10.3934/energy.2017.2.268 . In this study long-term wind data obtained from high-resolution hindcast simulations is used to analytically assess offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas and provide wind climate and wind power potential characteristics at s...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/12361 2023-05-15T14:27:34+02:00 Assessment of offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas based on high-resolution hindcast model results Soukissian, Takvor Papadopoulos, Anastasios Skrimizeas, Panagiotis Karathanasi, Flora Axaopoulos, Panagiotis Avgoustoglou, Evripides Kyriakidou, Hara Tsalis, Christos Voudouri, Antigoni Gofa, Flora Katsafados, Petros 2017-03-20 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12361 https://doi.org/10.3934/energy.2017.2.268 eng eng AIMS Press AIMS Energy Norges forskningsråd: 223259 European Regional Development Fund: 09SYN-32-598 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/SFF/223259/Norway/Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate/CAGE/ Soukissian, T., Papadopoulos, A., Skrimizeas, P., Karathanasi, F., Axaopoulos, P., Avgoustoglou, E. . Katsafados, P. (2017). Assessment of offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas based on high-resolution hindcast model results. AIMS Energy, 5(2), 268-289. FRIDAID 1523219 doi:10.3934/energy.2017.2.268 2333-8326 2333-8334 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12361 openAccess wind speed-wind direction offshore wind potential variability long-term hindcast simulations Aegean and Ionian Seas VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2017 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.3934/energy.2017.2.268 2021-06-25T17:55:37Z Source at https://doi.org/10.3934/energy.2017.2.268 . In this study long-term wind data obtained from high-resolution hindcast simulations is used to analytically assess offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas and provide wind climate and wind power potential characteristics at selected locations, where offshore wind farms are at the concept/planning phase. After ensuring the good model performance through detailed validation against buoy measurements, offshore wind speed and wind direction at 10 m above sea level are statistically analyzed on the annual and seasonal time scale. The spatial distribution of the mean wind speed and wind direction are provided in the appropriate time scales, along with the mean annual and the inter-annual variability; these statistical quantities are useful in the offshore wind energy sector as regards the preliminary identification of favorable sites for exploitation of offshore wind energy. Moreover, the offshore wind power potential and its variability are also estimated at 80 m height above sea level. The obtained results reveal that there are specific areas in the central and the eastern Aegean Sea that combine intense annual winds with low variability; the annual offshore wind power potential in these areas reach values close to 900 W/m2, suggesting that a detailed assessment of offshore wind energy would be worth noticing and could lead in attractive investments. Furthermore, as a rough estimate of the availability factor, the equiprobable contours of the event [4 m/s ≤ wind speed ≤ 25 m/s] are also estimated and presented. The selected lower and upper bounds of wind speed correspond to typical cut-in and cut-out wind speed thresholds, respectively, for commercial offshore wind turbines. Finally, for seven offshore wind farms that are at the concept/planning phase the main wind climate and wind power density characteristics are also provided. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive AIMS Energy 5 2 268 289 |
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wind speed-wind direction offshore wind potential variability long-term hindcast simulations Aegean and Ionian Seas VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450 Soukissian, Takvor Papadopoulos, Anastasios Skrimizeas, Panagiotis Karathanasi, Flora Axaopoulos, Panagiotis Avgoustoglou, Evripides Kyriakidou, Hara Tsalis, Christos Voudouri, Antigoni Gofa, Flora Katsafados, Petros Assessment of offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas based on high-resolution hindcast model results |
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Source at https://doi.org/10.3934/energy.2017.2.268 . In this study long-term wind data obtained from high-resolution hindcast simulations is used to analytically assess offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas and provide wind climate and wind power potential characteristics at selected locations, where offshore wind farms are at the concept/planning phase. After ensuring the good model performance through detailed validation against buoy measurements, offshore wind speed and wind direction at 10 m above sea level are statistically analyzed on the annual and seasonal time scale. The spatial distribution of the mean wind speed and wind direction are provided in the appropriate time scales, along with the mean annual and the inter-annual variability; these statistical quantities are useful in the offshore wind energy sector as regards the preliminary identification of favorable sites for exploitation of offshore wind energy. Moreover, the offshore wind power potential and its variability are also estimated at 80 m height above sea level. The obtained results reveal that there are specific areas in the central and the eastern Aegean Sea that combine intense annual winds with low variability; the annual offshore wind power potential in these areas reach values close to 900 W/m2, suggesting that a detailed assessment of offshore wind energy would be worth noticing and could lead in attractive investments. Furthermore, as a rough estimate of the availability factor, the equiprobable contours of the event [4 m/s ≤ wind speed ≤ 25 m/s] are also estimated and presented. The selected lower and upper bounds of wind speed correspond to typical cut-in and cut-out wind speed thresholds, respectively, for commercial offshore wind turbines. Finally, for seven offshore wind farms that are at the concept/planning phase the main wind climate and wind power density characteristics are also provided. |
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Soukissian, Takvor Papadopoulos, Anastasios Skrimizeas, Panagiotis Karathanasi, Flora Axaopoulos, Panagiotis Avgoustoglou, Evripides Kyriakidou, Hara Tsalis, Christos Voudouri, Antigoni Gofa, Flora Katsafados, Petros |
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Soukissian, Takvor Papadopoulos, Anastasios Skrimizeas, Panagiotis Karathanasi, Flora Axaopoulos, Panagiotis Avgoustoglou, Evripides Kyriakidou, Hara Tsalis, Christos Voudouri, Antigoni Gofa, Flora Katsafados, Petros |
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Assessment of offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas based on high-resolution hindcast model results |
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Assessment of offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas based on high-resolution hindcast model results |
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Assessment of offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas based on high-resolution hindcast model results |
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Assessment of offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas based on high-resolution hindcast model results |
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Assessment of offshore wind power potential in the Aegean and Ionian Seas based on high-resolution hindcast model results |
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assessment of offshore wind power potential in the aegean and ionian seas based on high-resolution hindcast model results |
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