scholarly journals Climate change impacts on wind energy resources in North America based on the CMIP6 projections

2022 ◽  
Vol 806 ◽  
pp. 150580
Author(s):  
A. Martinez ◽  
G. Iglesias
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Liu ◽  
Katelyn B. Costa ◽  
Lian Xie ◽  
Fredrick H. M. Semazzi

By using a limited-area model (LAM) in combination with the scale-selective data assimilation (SSDA) approach, wind energy resources in the contiguous United States (CONUS) were downscaled from IPCC CCSM3 global model projections for both current and future climate conditions. An assessment of climate change impacts on wind energy resources in the CONUS region was then conducted. Based on the downscaling results, when projecting into future climate under IPCC’s A1B scenario, the average annual wind speed experiences an overall shift across the CONUS region. From the current climate to the 2040s, the average annual wind speed is expected to increase from 0.1 to 0.2 m s−1over the Great Plains, Northern Great Lakes Region, and Southwestern United States located southwest of the Rocky Mountains. When projecting into the 2090s from current climate, there is an overall increase in the Great Plains Region and Southwestern United States located southwest of the Rockies with a mean wind speed increase between 0 and 0.1 m s−1, while, the Northern Great Lakes Region experiences an even greater increase from current climate to 2090s than over the first few decades with an increase of mean wind speed from 0.1 to 0.4 m s−1.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2648
Author(s):  
Fahad Radhi Alharbi ◽  
Denes Csala

Climate change mitigation is one of the most critical challenges of this century. The unprecedented global effects of climate change are wide-ranging, including changing weather patterns that threaten food production, increased risk of catastrophic floods, and rising sea levels. Adapting to these impacts will be more difficult and costly in the future if radical changes are not made now. This review paper evaluates the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries’ potential for solar and wind energy resources to meet climate change mitigation requirements and assesses the ability of the GCC region to shift towards low-carbon technologies. The review demonstrates that the GCC region is characterized by abundant solar energy resources. The northwestern, southeastern, and western mountains of the region are highlighted as locations for solar energy application. Oman displays the highest onshore wind speed range, 3–6.3 m s⁻1, and has the highest annual solar radiation of up to 2500 kWh/m2. Kuwait has the second highest onshore wind speed range of 4.5–5.5 m s⁻1. The western mountains and northwestern Saudi Arabia have a wind speed range of 3–6 m s⁻1. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the second highest annual solar radiation, 2285 kWh/m2, while Saudi Arabia and the state of Kuwait have equal annual solar radiation at 2200 kWh/m2. This review demonstrates that abundant offshore wind energy resources were observed along the coastal areas of the Arabian Gulf, as well as a potential opportunity for wind energy resource development in the Red Sea, which was characterized by high performance. In addition, the GCC countries will not be able to control and address the interrelated issues of climate change in the future if they do not eliminate fossil fuel consumption, adhere to the Paris Agreement, and implement plans to utilize their natural resources to meet these challenges.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 124065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro M M Soares ◽  
Daniela C A Lima ◽  
Alvaro Semedo ◽  
William Cabos ◽  
Dmitry V Sein

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Tagle ◽  
Marc G. Genton ◽  
Andrew Yip ◽  
Suleiman Mostamandi ◽  
Georgiy Stenchikov ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
X. Costoya ◽  
M. deCastro ◽  
D. Carvalho ◽  
Z. Feng ◽  
M. Gómez-Gesteira

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 101351
Author(s):  
Jianxiong Wan ◽  
Fengfeng Zheng ◽  
Haolun Luan ◽  
Yi Tian ◽  
Leixiao Li ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Hee Yun ◽  
Eun-Kyoung Seo ◽  
Young-San Park ◽  
Hak-Seong Kim

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