%0 Journal Article %1 Harrison2015Capacity %A Harrison, G. P. %A Hawkins, S. L. %A Eager, D. %A Cradden, L. C. %D 2015 %J Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability %K wind climate climatology energy renewables %N 5 %P 360--372 %R 10.1177/1748006x15591619 %T Capacity value of offshore wind in Great Britain %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1748006x15591619 %V 229 %X The extent to which large volumes of offshore wind can contribute to a secure and reliable electricity supply is the subject of much debate. Central to providing credible answers is a detailed understanding of the wind resource and its variability in time and space. Here, a mesoscale atmospheric model was employed to create a 10 year hindcast of British onshore and offshore wind speeds and simulate the output of a British offshore wind fleet. This enabled estimation of the capacity value of British wind fleets both on- and offshore during periods of high winter demand. It provides a credible estimate of the distinct long-term contribution of production from a future British offshore wind fleet and indicates substantial improvement over onshore wind. Furthermore, a first level analysis demonstrated that the availability of offshore wind farms had a modest negative impact on the capacity value of wind but that conventional generation and demand levels played a more significant role.

@article{Harrison2015Capacity, abstract = {The extent to which large volumes of offshore wind can contribute to a secure and reliable electricity supply is the subject of much debate. Central to providing credible answers is a detailed understanding of the wind resource and its variability in time and space. Here, a mesoscale atmospheric model was employed to create a 10 year hindcast of British onshore and offshore wind speeds and simulate the output of a British offshore wind fleet. This enabled estimation of the capacity value of British wind fleets both on- and offshore during periods of high winter demand. It provides a credible estimate of the distinct long-term contribution of production from a future British offshore wind fleet and indicates substantial improvement over onshore wind. Furthermore, a first level analysis demonstrated that the availability of offshore wind farms had a modest negative impact on the capacity value of wind but that conventional generation and demand levels played a more significant role.}, added-at = {2018-06-18T21:23:34.000+0200}, author = {Harrison, G. P. and Hawkins, S. L. and Eager, D. and Cradden, L. C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23be919ec9254ead2bd122fc702de6867/pbett}, citeulike-article-id = {14250144}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1748006x15591619}, comment = {Open access}, day = 06, doi = {10.1177/1748006x15591619}, interhash = {679bc69c047d36da11d9b565239d1940}, intrahash = {3be919ec9254ead2bd122fc702de6867}, issn = {1748-006X}, journal = {Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability}, keywords = {wind climate climatology energy renewables}, month = jul, number = 5, pages = {360--372}, posted-at = {2017-01-11 08:54:45}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2018-06-22T18:36:55.000+0200}, title = {Capacity value of offshore wind in Great Britain}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1748006x15591619}, volume = 229, year = 2015 }