Description of the North Sea Wind Climate for wind offshore wind energy applications
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For the year 2000 the Dutch government aims at an installed wind turbine capacity of 1000 MW. By the year 2010 this should have been increased to 2000 MW, of which 200 MW are to be installed in the North Sea. To be able to erect offshore wind turbines it is necessary to have a description of the offshore wind climate, both for wind energy production estimates as for wind turbine design. To this end a first initial study of the offshore wind climate has been made, using wind data from the gas production platforms K13 (with wind data over the period 1982-1989) and West Sole (June 1983-May 1984), which are positioned in the southern North Sea. The aim of the study was to 1. give first estimates of the wind resource and turbulence intensities over the Southern North sea making use of the wind speed data measured at K13 and West Sole, 2. assess the accuracy of the data, 3. if possible, suggest changesto the present methods for the determination of the wind resources near the coast and the design wind load data offshore, 4. make an assessment of the research required to improve the knowledge of the offshore wind resources and design wind load data.
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TNO Identifier
252634
Publisher
TNO
Collation
99 p.
Place of publication
Apeldoorn