Higher Wind: Highlighted Expansion Opportunities to Repower Wind Energy

Decarbonizing the world economy, before the most damaging effects of climate change become irreversible, requires substantially increasing renewable energy generation in the near future. However, this may be challenging in mature wind energy markets, where many advantageous wind locations are alread...

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Autor principal:	Francisco Haces-Fernandez
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	wind energy wind energy projects wind energy resources wind energy potential total repowering partial repowering Technology T
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6506aadad4254fc9bd61a1b202d398f02021-11-25T17:28:12ZHigher Wind: Highlighted Expansion Opportunities to Repower Wind Energy10.3390/en142277161996-1073https://doaj.org/article/6506aadad4254fc9bd61a1b202d398f02021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/22/7716https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073Decarbonizing the world economy, before the most damaging effects of climate change become irreversible, requires substantially increasing renewable energy generation in the near future. However, this may be challenging in mature wind energy markets, where many advantageous wind locations are already engaged by older wind farms, potentially generating suboptimal wind harvesting. This research developed a novel method to systematically analyze diverse factors to determine the level of maturity of wind markets and evaluate the adequacy of wind farm repowering at regional and individual levels. The approach was applied to wind markets in the United States (U.S.), in which several states were identified as having diverse levels of maturity. Results obtained from case studies in Texas indicated a consequential number of wind farms that have reached their twenty-year end-of-life term and earlier obsolescence levels. The proposed approach aided in determining wind farms that may benefit from total or partial repowering. The method indicated that total repowering of selected installations would significantly increase overall wind energy generation, considering that these older installations have access to some of the best wind speeds, infrastructure and areas to grow. The proposed method can be applied to different world wind markets.Francisco Haces-FernandezMDPI AGarticlewind energywind energy projectswind energy resourceswind energy potentialtotal repoweringpartial repoweringTechnologyTENEnergies, Vol 14, Iss 7716, p 7716 (2021)
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description	Decarbonizing the world economy, before the most damaging effects of climate change become irreversible, requires substantially increasing renewable energy generation in the near future. However, this may be challenging in mature wind energy markets, where many advantageous wind locations are already engaged by older wind farms, potentially generating suboptimal wind harvesting. This research developed a novel method to systematically analyze diverse factors to determine the level of maturity of wind markets and evaluate the adequacy of wind farm repowering at regional and individual levels. The approach was applied to wind markets in the United States (U.S.), in which several states were identified as having diverse levels of maturity. Results obtained from case studies in Texas indicated a consequential number of wind farms that have reached their twenty-year end-of-life term and earlier obsolescence levels. The proposed approach aided in determining wind farms that may benefit from total or partial repowering. The method indicated that total repowering of selected installations would significantly increase overall wind energy generation, considering that these older installations have access to some of the best wind speeds, infrastructure and areas to grow. The proposed method can be applied to different world wind markets.
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title	Higher Wind: Highlighted Expansion Opportunities to Repower Wind Energy
title_short	Higher Wind: Highlighted Expansion Opportunities to Repower Wind Energy
title_full	Higher Wind: Highlighted Expansion Opportunities to Repower Wind Energy
title_fullStr	Higher Wind: Highlighted Expansion Opportunities to Repower Wind Energy
title_full_unstemmed	Higher Wind: Highlighted Expansion Opportunities to Repower Wind Energy
title_sort	higher wind: highlighted expansion opportunities to repower wind energy
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publishDate	2021
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Higher Wind: Highlighted Expansion Opportunities to Repower Wind Energy

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