The Consequences of Air Density Variations over Northeastern Scotland for Offshore Wind Energy Potential
dc.contributor.author | Ulazia Manterola, Alain | |
dc.contributor.author | Nafarrate, Ander | |
dc.contributor.author | Ibarra Berastegi, Gabriel | |
dc.contributor.author | Sáenz Aguirre, Jon | |
dc.contributor.author | Carreno Madinabeitia, Sheila | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-27T08:44:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-27T08:44:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-07-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Energies 12(13) : ( 2019) // Article ID 2635; | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 1996-1073 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/63651 | |
dc.description.abstract | Hywind-Scotland is a wind farm in Scotland that for many reasons is at the leading edge of technology and is located at a paradigmatic study area for offshore wind energy assessment. The objective of this paper is to compute the Capacity Factor (CF) changes and instantaneous power generation changes due to seasonal and hourly fluctuations in air density. For that reason, the novel ERA5 reanalysis is used as a source of temperature, pressure, and wind speed data. Seasonal results for winter show that CF values increase by 3% due to low temperatures and denser air, with economical profit consequences of tens of thousands (US$). Hourly results show variations of 7% in air density and of 26% in power generation via FAST simulations, emphasizing the need to include air density in short-term wind energy studying. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was financially supported by the Spanish Government through the MINECO project CGL2016-76561-R, (MINECO/ERDF, UE) and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, GIU 17/002). ERA5 hindcast data were downloaded at no cost from the Copernicus Climate Data Store. All the calculations and plots were made using R: https://www.r-project.org. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/CGL2016-76561-R | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | ERA5 | es_ES |
dc.subject | air density | es_ES |
dc.subject | offshore wind energy | es_ES |
dc.subject | FAST | es_ES |
dc.subject | Scotland | es_ES |
dc.title | The Consequences of Air Density Variations over Northeastern Scotland for Offshore Wind Energy Potential | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/13/2635 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/en12132635 | |
dc.departamentoes | Física | es_ES |
dc.departamentoes | Ingeniería nuclear y mecánica de fluidos | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Fisika | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Ingeniaritza nuklearra eta jariakinen mekanika | es_ES |
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