Accurate long-term power generation model for offshore wind farms in Europe using ERA5 reanalysis

Liam Hayes, Matthew Stocks and Andrew Blakers

Energy, 2021, vol. 229, issue C

Abstract: Accurate long-term wind speed data is important for understanding the role of offshore wind farms in future energy systems. Meteorological reanalyses, such as ERA5, are relied upon by the wind energy industry and researchers. Being unaffected by onshore topography and surface roughness, the historic generation of offshore wind farms can be accurately predicted using such weather reanalysis.

Keywords: ERA5; Offshore wind farm; Wind power modelling; Reanalysis; Capacity factor; Hourly timeseries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.120603

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