Abstract:<p>The European Union has set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets, stimulating renewable energy production and accelerating the deployment of offshore wind energy in northern European waters, mainly the North Sea. We investigate if the set targets are achievable given the wind climate of the North Sea and efficiency loss resulting from large-scale extraction of kinetic energy.</p><p>We utilise the wind climate of the North Sea estimated from ERA5 and the New Eur… Show more
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