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Site assessment, turbine selection, and local feed-in tariffs through the wind energy index

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  • Matthias Ritter
  • Lars Deckert

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Since wind energy is rapidly growing, new wind farms are installed worldwide and a discussion is going on concerning the optimal political framework to promote this development. In this paper, we present a wind energy index, which is supportive for wind park planners, operators, and policy-makers. Based on long-term and low-scale reanalysis wind speed data from MERRA and true production data, it can predict the expected wind energy production for every location and turbine type. After an in-sample and out-of-sample evaluation of the index performance, it is applied to assess the wind energy potential of locations in Germany, to compare different turbine types and to derive the required compensation in terms of locally different feed-in tariffs. We show that in many parts of South Germany, profitability of new wind parks cannot be achieved given the current legal situation.

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  • Matthias Ritter & Lars Deckert, 2015. "Site assessment, turbine selection, and local feed-in tariffs through the wind energy index," SFB 649 Discussion Papers SFB649DP2015-046, Sonderforschungsbereich 649, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
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    Wind power; renewable energy; onshore wind; MERRA; feed-in tariff;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources
    • Q47 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy Forecasting

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