Understanding New Zealand’s wind resources as a route to 100% renewable electricity

Stephen Poletti and Iain Staffell

Renewable Energy, 2021, vol. 170, issue C, 449-461

Abstract: The New Zealand Government has a goal of a 100% renewable electricity system by 2035. Wind generation is expected to play a major role in achieving this target. However, there is limited public data on current and potential wind generation. We use the Renewables.ninja model to simulate wind output at 44 wind farm sites in New Zealand over a 20-year period. We make our data publicly available and use them to analyse New Zealand’s wind resources.

Keywords: New Zealand Electricity market; Reanalysis simulation; Wind generation; 100% renewable electricity grid; Wind resources; Hydro wind correlations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.01.053

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