Regensburg 2016 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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UP: Fachverband Umweltphysik

UP 5: AKE und UP: Energiewende und Klimawandel

UP 5.3: Hauptvortrag

Mittwoch, 9. März 2016, 10:30–11:00, H41

How regional climate interacts with wind power generation — •Robert Vautard — LSCE Orme des Merisiers 91191 Gif sur Yvette CEDEX

Climate change mitigation with ambitious targets such as those of the Paris agreement require that by 2050 electricity generation be almost completely decarbonized [IPCC, 2014]. This will require a large share of renewable energy production such as wind power. Wind power generation depends itself on climate variability and potentially modifies regional climate. I will review the impacts of climate change on wind power resource and generation in Europe and potential effects of a large share of wind power in Europe. We show that wind power resource is likely to decrease in many European areas, especially in Mediterranean areas. Interactions between wind turbines and the atmosphere also lead to potential regional impacts on climate and wind resource itself. I will give an overview of such effects for Europe found in previous studies and propose research directions to better quantify these effects.