[HTML][HTML] High-resolution large-scale onshore wind energy assessments: A review of potential definitions, methodologies and future research needs

R McKenna, S Pfenninger, H Heinrichs, J Schmidt… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid uptake of renewable energy technologies in recent decades has increased the
demand of energy researchers, policymakers and energy planners for reliable data on the …

Electrical generators for large wind turbine: Trends and challenges

A Bensalah, G Barakat, Y Amara - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an overview of the emerging trends in the development of electrical
generators for large wind turbines. To describe the developments in the design of electrical …

On the importance of wind turbine wake boundary to wind energy and environmental impact

Z Fan, S Li, Z Gao, L Zhang, X Zheng, W Zhu… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increase in global wind power installations has also increased the wind turbine density
in wind farms. This has made the wake interactions between neighbouring turbines more …

[HTML][HTML] Reviewing accuracy & reproducibility of large-scale wind resource assessments

T Pelser, JM Weinand, P Kuckertz, R McKenna… - Advances in Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
The accurate quantification and assessment of available renewable energy resources has
emerged as a research topic with high relevance to policymakers and industry. Motivated by …

Role of international oil companies in the net-zero emission energy transition

DJ Smit, JB Powell - Annual Review of Chemical and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Scientific and engineering capabilities in hydrocarbon supply chains developed over
decades in international oil and gas companies (IOCs) uniquely position these companies to …

Identification of reliable locations for wind power generation through a global analysis of wind droughts

EGA Antonini, E Virgüez, S Ashfaq, L Duan… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Wind droughts, or prolonged periods of low wind speeds, pose challenges for electricity
systems largely reliant on wind generation. Using weather reanalysis data, we analyzed the …

Wind shadows impact planning of large offshore wind farms

SC Pryor, RJ Barthelmie - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The technical potential offshore wind resource greatly exceeds current electricity use.
However, areas suitable for bottom-mounted wind turbines close to large coastal demand …

[HTML][HTML] Gone with the wind? Wind farm-induced wakes and regulatory gaps

E Finserås, IH Anchustegui, E Cheynet, CG Gebhardt… - Marine Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Wind farm-induced wakes can propagate dozens of kilometres, decreasing the power
production and the fatigue lifetime of wind turbines between neighbouring farms. This …

Impacts of accelerating deployment of offshore windfarms on near-surface climate

N Akhtar, B Geyer, C Schrum - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The European Union has set the ambitious goal of becoming climate neutral by
2050, which has stimulated renewable energy production and accelerated the deployment …

Assessment of five wind-farm parameterizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting model: A case study of wind farms in the North Sea

K Ali, DM Schultz, A Revell, T Stallard… - Monthly Weather …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
To simulate the large-scale impacts of wind farms, wind turbines are parameterized within
mesoscale models in which grid sizes are typically much larger than turbine scales. Five …