[HTML][HTML] High-resolution large-scale onshore wind energy assessments: A review of potential definitions, methodologies and future research needs

R McKenna, S Pfenninger, H Heinrichs, J Schmidt… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid uptake of renewable energy technologies in recent decades has increased the
demand of energy researchers, policymakers and energy planners for reliable data on the …

[HTML][HTML] Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition

R Way, MC Ives, P Mealy, JD Farmer - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Rapidly decarbonizing the global energy system is critical for addressing climate change,
but concerns about costs have been a barrier to implementation. Most energy-economy …

Using time series simulation tools for assessing the effects of variable renewable energy generation on power and energy systems

M Koivisto, K Das, F Guo, P Sørensen… - Wiley …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing share of variable renewable energy (VRE) generation poses challenges to
power systems. Possible challenges include adequacy of reserves, planning and operation …

[HTML][HTML] Using bias-corrected reanalysis to simulate current and future wind power output

I Staffell, S Pfenninger - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Reanalysis models are rapidly gaining popularity for simulating wind power output due to
their convenience and global coverage. However, they should only be relied upon once …

What global reanalysis best represents near‐surface winds?

J Ramon, L Lledó, V Torralba, A Soret… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Since global reanalysis datasets first appeared in the 1990s, they have become an essential
tool to understand the climate of the past. The wind power industry uses those products …

ERA5: The new champion of wind power modelling?

J Olauson - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Output from meteorological reanalyses are used extensively in both academia and industry
for modelling wind power. Recently, the first batch of the new ERA5 reanalysis was …

Geophysical constraints on the reliability of solar and wind power in the United States

MR Shaner, SJ Davis, NS Lewis… - Energy & Environmental …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We analyze 36 years of global, hourly weather data (1980–2015) to quantify the covariability
of solar and wind resources as a function of time and location, over multi-decadal time …

[HTML][HTML] The increasing impact of weather on electricity supply and demand

I Staffell, S Pfenninger - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Wind and solar power have experienced rapid cost declines and are being deployed at
scale. However, their output variability remains a key problem for managing electricity …

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

CM Grams, R Beerli, S Pfenninger, I Staffell… - Nature climate …, 2017 - nature.com
As wind and solar power provide a growing share of Europe's electricity, understanding and
accommodating their variability on multiple timescales remains a critical problem. On weekly …

Overcoming the disconnect between energy system and climate modeling

MT Craig, J Wohland, LP Stoop, A Kies, B Pickering… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Energy system models underpin decisions by energy system planners and operators.
Energy system modeling faces a transformation: accounting for changing meteorological …