STUDY OF THE VARIABILITY OF WIND ENERGY RESOURCES IN ROMANIA
Abstract
The main objective of the present work is to provide an extensive and more comprehensive picture of the wind patterns in Romania. The wind conditions were evaluated in order to cover large areas of the Romanian lands and, also, areas belonging to the Romanian nearshore. Moreover, a direct comparison between these areas was performed. The wind conditions are mainly evaluated by considering the AVISO satellite measurements, which correspond to the time interval 2010-2015. This data set is also completed by 15-year period of reanalysis of the wind data (2000-2014) coming from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. The main conclusion of this work is that the Romanian lands, as well as its nearshore, are appropriate for the wind energy extraction. Moreover, it seems that the future of the renewable energy extraction is in the coastal environment. This is because the wind energy is higher in the marine areas, it can be combined with some other sources as the wave energy in hybrid approaches and, finaly, the marine energy farms can also help in the coastal protetction, which represents, in fact, a very challenging issue.
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