Projection of Future Global Offshore Wind Energy Resources using CMIP Data

Future changes in wind energy resource over the Northwest Passage based on theCMIP6climate projections

“…44 Due to the delayed release of CMIP6 data, recent works on Potential impacts of climate change on wind energy resources are primarily based on CMIP5 data. 17,20,34,[45][46][47][48][49] In addition, most of these studies were mainly aimed at the regions with the high wind power potential in recent years (mostly the mid-latitude Northern Hemisphere, including North America, Asia, and Europe). Although there are some researches on the future changes of global wind power generation, due to the relatively rough spatial resolution, it is difficult to conduct a fine analysis on the possible impacts of climate change on wind power resources in Northwest Passage.…”

“…Although there are some researches on the future changes of global wind power generation, due to the relatively rough spatial resolution, it is difficult to conduct a fine analysis on the possible impacts of climate change on wind power resources in Northwest Passage. 34,48 Besides, in some related studies, the evaluation index of model simulation performance in the historical stage was too single to make a comprehensive evaluation. 17,20 Moreover, numerous factors influencing the development of wind energy have not been comprehensively analyzed, and several research only focus on the future changes of wind speed (or WPD) value.…”

“…17,20 Moreover, numerous factors influencing the development of wind energy have not been comprehensively analyzed, and several research only focus on the future changes of wind speed (or WPD) value. 32,[45][46][47][48][49] However, relevant research results are still worth highlighting. For instance, Chen et al found that a single numerical model exhibited a great uncertainty by analyzing the simulation effect of the five CMIP5 atmosphereocean coupling models on the near-surface wind speed of china.…”

“…Due to the delayed release of CMIP6 data, recent works on Potential impacts of climate change on wind energy resources are primarily based on CMIP5 data 17,20,34,45‐49 . In addition, most of these studies were mainly aimed at the regions with the high wind power potential in recent years (mostly the mid‐latitude Northern Hemisphere, including North America, Asia, and Europe).…”

“…In addition, most of these studies were mainly aimed at the regions with the high wind power potential in recent years (mostly the mid‐latitude Northern Hemisphere, including North America, Asia, and Europe). Although there are some researches on the future changes of global wind power generation, due to the relatively rough spatial resolution, it is difficult to conduct a fine analysis on the possible impacts of climate change on wind power resources in Northwest Passage 34,48 . Besides, in some related studies, the evaluation index of model simulation performance in the historical stage was too single to make a comprehensive evaluation 17,20 .…”