Assessment of the global and regional geographical, technical and economic potential of onshore wind energy

Hoogwijk, Monique; Vries, Bert de; Turkenburg, Wim

doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2004.04.016

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“…2a and b show the cost distribution of on-site electricity production within the two regions. In this figure also the areas that are excluded for wind or solar PV electricity production are indicated, as discussed in [1,2]. In the USA, there is one large area (Great Plains) where wind power may be produced at relatively low cost.…”

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“…2 The yearly average technical potentials represented by these curves 3 are recalculated at a monthly level, using the variation of the wind and solar resources as presented in [19][20][21]. Both the electricity demand per km 2 as simulated by the TIMER 1.0 model (see Section 4) for the year 2000 and the technical potential of wind electricity and solar PV electricity (independent of costs) are given in Table 1.…”

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“…As a starting point we use the regional cost-supply curves of onshore centralised wind and solar PV electricity presented in [1,2]. 2 The yearly average technical potentials represented by these curves 3 are recalculated at a monthly level, using the variation of the wind and solar resources as presented in [19][20][21].…”

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“…The geographical and technical potential to generate electricity from intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind turbines and solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, are much larger than current total electricity consumption, even excluding offshore locations [1,2]. For wind energy it is found that currently a significant part of the technical potential can be produced at cost levels nearly competitive with present conventional electricity production.…”

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“…Also, we use a new electricity module based on the Load Duration Curve called EPG (Electric Power Generation) that has been developed recently as part of the TIMER 2.0 model [16]. The model uses regional cost-supply curves of wind and solar PV electricity from earlier studies, [1,2]. We do not analyse full scenarios for regional electricity demand and supply developments, but instead present a simulation experiment with constrained parameter settings as these issues can better be 'controlled' i.e.…”

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Exploring the impact on cost and electricity production of high penetration levels of intermittent electricity in OECD Europe and the USA, results for wind energy

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In this study we explore for the USA and OECD Europe (OECD Europe includes the countries that participate in the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, among which Western Europe, USA and Japan) dynamic changes in electricity production, cost and CO 2 emissions when intermittent electricity sources are used with increasing penetration levels. The methodology developed can be applied for both solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind energy. Here the focus of the results is on penetration of wind electricity in the electricity system as simulated in a long-term model experiment in which the electricity demand is kept constant over time. All important parameter are included in a sensitivity analysis. With increasing penetration levels the cost reduction of wind electricity caused by upscaling and technological learning is counteracted by the cost increase due to (1) the need for additional back-up capacity, (2) the need to generate wind electricity at less favourable sites, and (3) discarded wind electricity because of supply-demand mismatch. This occurs after about 20% wind electricity production as percentage of current electricity production. At this level about 500 (OECD Europe) and 750 (USA) TWh yr À1 wind electricity is absorbed in the system with the electricity demand of the year 2000. Wind electricity is found to be discarded when the production is about 55 (USA) to 10 times (OECD Europe) the present electricity produced from wind power. Beyond 30% of present electricity production, cost increases most significantly because of discarded wind electricity, excluding storage. In both regions the use of wind electricity would mainly avoid use of natural gas. The CO 2 emissions abatement costs range from 14 (OECD Europe) to 33 (USA) $ per ton CO 2 differ in both regions due to a faster wind electricity cost increase in OECD Europe. r

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Section: Regional Static Cost-supply Curves Of Wind and Solar Pvmentioning

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Section: Regional Static Cost-supply Curves Of Wind and Solar Pvmentioning

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Section: Regional Static Cost-supply Curves Of Wind and Solar Pvmentioning

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This chapter will review an important topic in wind energy: wind resources and characteristics. The material covered in this chapter can be of direct use to other aspects of wind energy which are discussed in the other sections of this book. For example, knowledge of the wind characteristics at a particular site is relevant to the following topics:. Systems design -system design requires knowledge of representative average wind conditions, as well as information on the turbulent nature of the wind and extreme wind events. This information is used in the design and selection of a wind turbine intended for a particular site. . Performance evaluation -performance evaluation requires determining the expected energy productivity and cost effectiveness of a particular wind energy system based on the wind resource. . Siting -siting requirements can include the assessment or prediction of the relative desirability of candidate sites for one or more wind turbines. . Operations -operation requirements include the need for wind resource information that can be used for load management, operational procedures (such as start-up and shutdown), and the prediction of maintenance or system life.The chapter starts with a general discussion of wind resource characteristics, followed by a section on the characteristics of the atmospheric boundary layer that are directly applicable to wind energy applications. The next two sections present a number of topics that enable one to analyze wind data, make resource estimates, anticipate extreme wind speeds, and determine wind turbine power production from wind resource data, or from a limited amount of wind data (such as average wind speed). Next, a summary of available worldwide wind resource assessment data is given followed by a discussion of wind prediction and forecasting. The section after that reviews wind resource measurement techniques and instrumentation. The chapter concludes with a summary of a number of advanced topics in the area of wind resource characterization.

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Assessment of the global and regional geographical, technical and economic potential of onshore wind energy

Cited by 262 publications

References 9 publications

Exploring the impact on cost and electricity production of high penetration levels of intermittent electricity in OECD Europe and the USA, results for wind energy

Exploring the impact on cost and electricity production of high penetration levels of intermittent electricity in OECD Europe and the USA, results for wind energy

The Potential of Renewables as a Feedstock for Chemistry and Energy

Wind Characteristics and Resources

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