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@ARTICLE{Neubacher:891566,
author = {Neubacher, Charlotte and Witthaut, Dirk and Wohland, Jan},
title = {{M}ulti-decadal offshore wind power variability can be
mitigated through optimized {E}uropean allocation},
journal = {Advances in geosciences},
volume = {54},
issn = {1680-7359},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {European Geosciences Union},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-01591},
pages = {205 - 215},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Wind power is a vital ingredient for energy system
transformation in line with the Paris Agreement. Limited
land availability for onshore wind parks and higher wind
speeds over sea make offshore wind energy increasingly
attractive. While wind variability on different timescales
poses challenges for planning and system integration, little
focus has been given to multi-decadal variability. Our
research therefore focuses on the characteristics of wind
power on timescales exceeding ten years. Based on detrended
wind data from the coupled centennial reanalysis CERA-20C,
we calculate European long-term offshore wind power
potential and analyze its variability focusing on three
locations with distinct climatic conditions: the German
North Sea, the Greek Mediterranean and the Portuguese
Atlantic coast. We find strong indications for two
significant multi-decadal modes that are identified
consistently using two independent spectral analysis methods
and in the 20-year running mean time series. In winter, the
long-term evolution of wind power and the North Atlantic
Oscillation (NAO) are directly linked in Germany and
Portugal. While German North Sea wind power is positively
correlated with the NAO (r=0.82), Portuguese Atlantic coast
generation is anti-correlated with the NAO (r=−0.91). We
evaluate the corresponding potential for spatial balancing
in Europe and report substantial benefits from European
cooperation. In particular, optimized allocations off the
Portuguese Atlantic coast and in the German North Sea allow
to reduce multi-decadal generation variance by a factor of
3–10 compared with country-level approaches.},
cin = {IEK-8 / IEK-STE},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013 / I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-STE-20101013},
pnm = {111 - Energiesystemtransformation (POF4-111)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-111},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.5194/adgeo-54-205-2021},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/891566},
}