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Balancing Europe’s wind-power output through spatial deployment informed by weather regimes

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  • Christian M. Grams

    (Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science)

  • Remo Beerli

    (Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science)

  • Stefan Pfenninger

    (Climate Policy Group, Institute for Environmental Decisions)

  • Iain Staffell

    (Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London)

  • Heini Wernli

    (Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science)

Abstract

Weather regimes drive variability in wind-power generation across Europe, affecting energy security. Strategically deployed wind turbines in regions of contrasting weather regime behaviour can be used to balance wind capacity and minimize output variability.

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  • Christian M. Grams & Remo Beerli & Stefan Pfenninger & Iain Staffell & Heini Wernli, 2017. "Balancing Europe’s wind-power output through spatial deployment informed by weather regimes," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 7(8), pages 557-562, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:7:y:2017:i:8:d:10.1038_nclimate3338
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3338
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