Effects of global warming on wind energy availability
dc.contributor.author | Ren, Diandong | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T13:19:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T13:19:16Z | |
dc.date.created | 2014-11-19T01:13:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ren, D. 2010. Effects of global warming on wind energy availability. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 2 (5). | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30368 | |
dc.description.abstract |
The use of wind energy reduces our greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. In this study, we proposed a generic power-law relationship between global warming and the usable wind energy (Betz’s law). The power law index (~4, region dependent) is then determined using simulated atmospheric parameters from eight global coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models (CGCMs). It is found that the power-law relationship holds across all eight climate models and also is time scale independent. Reduction of wind power scales with the degree of warming according to a generic power-law relationship. Thus, the earlier we switch to clean energy, and thereby decrease the global climate warming trend, the more cost-effective will be the harnessing of wind energy. This relationship is an area-averaged consequence of the reduced poleward temperature gradient as the climate warms during the 21st Century; it does not imply spatial uniformity over a region of interest. | |
dc.publisher | American Institute of Physics | |
dc.relation.uri | http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jrse/2/5/10.1063/1.3486072 | |
dc.title | Effects of global warming on wind energy availability | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 2 | |
dcterms.source.number | 5 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1941-7012 | |
dcterms.source.title | Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy | |
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