RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Calculation of Lebanon offshore wind energy potential using ERA5 reanalysis: impact of seasonal air density changes
A1 Ibarra-Berastegi, Gabriel
A1 Gonzalez-Roji, Santos J.
A1 Ulazia, Alain
A1 Carreno-Medinabeitia, Sheila
A1 Saenz, Jon
AB In this work, data from the ERA5 reanalysis (2010-2017) have been used to estimate the seasonal offshore wind energy potential for the Lebanese coast. Additionally, for this estimation, the effect of seasonal changes of air density has been incorporated. As a reference, the SIEMENS 160/6 turbine has been adopted and wind energy potential has been expressed as the capacity factor (CF) associated to this turbine. The spatial distribution of CF provides an idea of available wind energy potential in the Lebanese coast. The impact of seasonal air density changes has been assessed as percentage reduction in this indicator. In summer, the CF reduction due to high temperatures and lower air density, reaches in some Southern regions of the Lebanese coast to values around 5.5%. The use of such reanalyses is likely to increase in the future, thus making consultancy work easier since a lot of computational work with state-of-the-art meteorological models like WRF or MC2 (used to draw the National Wind Atlas of Lebanon) may not be necessary. Therefore, most likely in the future, for wind potential estimations, rather than heavy calculation efforts, the know-how for consultancy companies will focus into deeper analysis and interpretation of readily-available data from reanalyses.
YR 2019
FD 2019
LA eng
NO Ibarra-Berastegi , G , Gonzalez-Roji , S J , Ulazia , A , Carreno-Medinabeitia , S & Saenz , J 2019 , ' Calculation of Lebanon offshore wind energy potential using ERA5 reanalysis: impact of seasonal air density changes ' , pp. 1-6 . https://doi.org/10.1109/ACTEA.2019.8851092
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RD 29 sept 2024