Formation mechanism and development potential of wind energy resources on the Tibetan plateau

Rong Zhu, Chaoyang Sun and Yuping Yan

Renewable Energy, 2024, vol. 227, issue C

Abstract: It is important to understand whether the wind energy resources on the Tibetan Plateau have power potential suitable for development. To this end, we conducted sodar wind measurement experiments in areas of typical terrain, analyzed radiosonde and surface meteorological observations, and performed mesoscale numerical model simulations to study the characteristics and formation mechanisms, and to assess the technical potential, of the wind energy resources on the Tibetan Plateau. Results showed that the wind energy resources on the Tibetan Plateau are very abundant and of high quality with enormous development potential. The total technical potential of the wind energy resources at 100-m height above ground level is 1.02 billion kW, accounting for 26 % of the total technical potential of China's wind energy resources. The technical potential of the wind energy resources at very rich and rich levels accounts for 63 % of the total. The strengthening effect of the superposition of valley wind circulations and the synoptic-scale background wind field is the fundamental formation mechanism of the abundant wind energy resources on the Tibetan Plateau.

Keywords: Tibetan plateau; Wind energy resources; Wind characteristics; Formation mechanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.120527

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