Projections of wind energy resources in the Caribbean for the 21st century

X. Costoya, M. deCastro, F. Santos, M.C. Sousa and M. Gómez-Gesteira

Energy, 2019, vol. 178, issue C, 356-367

Abstract: The Caribbean has suitable conditions for a significant wind energy development, which makes a good planning for the future renewable energy mix essential. The impact of climate change on Caribbean wind power has been analyzed by means of an ensemble of CORDEX regional climate models (RCMs) under the RCP8.5 warming scenario. The offshore wind energy resource was classified for the historical period and for the future considering wind energy factors, environmental risk factors and cost factors whose weights were estimated by a Delphi method.

Keywords: Renewable energy; Wind farms; Climate change; CORDEX; Caribbean; Delphi method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.04.121

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