Renewable Coarse Resource Assessment for the European Region

D6.2

Report (2022)

Authors

M.F. Alday Gonzalez Offshore Engineering - CEG
B. Baki Atmospheric Remote Sensing - CEG
S. Basu Atmospheric Remote Sensing - CEG
G. Lavidas Offshore Engineering - CEG
Research Group
Offshore Engineering (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 M.F. Alday Gonzalez, B. Baki, S. Basu, G. Lavidas
Wind energy Wave energy Resource assessment Renewable energies
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Published Date

2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Research Group

Offshore Engineering

Abstract

This Deliverable, 6.2 Renewable Coarse Resource Assessment for the European Region, aims to offer a preliminary overview of the available wind, wave and solar resources across the European Continent. The coarse assessment aims to analyse and assess the current levels of these renewable resources, analysing and discussing the expected variations per regions.
The resource assessment, even at coarse level, can indicate regions for further high resolution analysis, with better suited wind-wave-solar models. The estimated energy densities of wind, wave and solar, are partially the main indicators, we also discuss the impacts of variability, as this is expected to alter the performance of power production, when each resource is utilised by specific technologies.
This report also introduces some of the main statistical approaches and ways to estimate the resource potentials. They will be used and expanded upon in forthcoming Deliverables that will also look into power production, via coupling of high fidelity wind-wave-solar models with specific renewable converters.
Finally, in this Deliverable we discuss the role of open source coarse data and underline their limitations for operational renewable energy projects.