Offshore winds and wind energy production estimates derived from ASCAT, OSCAT, numerical weather prediction models and buoys – A comparative study for the Iberian Peninsula Atlantic coast

D. Carvalho, A. Rocha, M. Gómez-Gesteira and C. Silva Santos

Renewable Energy, 2017, vol. 102, issue PB, 433-444

Abstract: Different offshore wind datasets were compared with buoys measurements in the Iberian Peninsula Atlantic coast, aiming to assess the best alternatives to ocean surface measured winds for offshore wind energy assessment and other applications.

Keywords: Offshore wind energy; Ocean wind; Scatterometers; Iberian peninsula; Reanalyses; WRF (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.10.063

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