Geophysical potential for wind energy over the open oceans

Wind turbines continuously remove kinetic energy from the lower troposphere, thereby reducing the wind speed near hub height. The rate of electricity generation in large wind farms containing multiple wind arrays is, therefore, constrained by the rate of kinetic energy replenishment from the atmosphere above. In recent years, a growing body of research argues that the rate of generated power is limited to around 1.5 W m⁻²within large wind farms. However, in this study, we show that considerably higher power generation rates may be sustainable over some open ocean areas. In particular, the North Atlantic is identified as …

Forcasting Wind Energy Costs and Cost Drivers. The Views of the World’s Leading Experts

This report summarizes the results of an expert elicitation survey of 163 of the world’s foremost wind energy experts, aimed at better understanding future wind energy costs and potential technology advancement. We specifically sought to gain insight on the possible magnitude of future cost reductions, the sources of those reductions, and the enabling conditions needed to realize continued innovation and lower costs. In implementing what may be the largest single elicitation ever performed on an energy technology in terms of expert participation, we sought to complement other tools for evaluating cost-reduction potential, including learning curves, engineering assessments, and other means …

Forecasting Wind Energy Costs & Cost Drivers

This report summarizes the results of an expert elicitation survey of 163 of the world’s foremost wind energy experts, aimed at better understanding future wind energy costs and potential technology advancement. We specifically sought to gain insight on the possible magnitude of future cost reductions, the sources of those reductions, and the enabling conditions needed to realize continued innovation and lower costs. In implementing what may be the largest single elicitation ever performed on an energy technology in terms of expert participation, we sought to complement other tools for evaluating cost-reduction potential, including learning curves, engineering assessments, and other means …

100% Clean and Renewable Wind, Water, and Sunlight (WWS) AllSector Energy Roadmaps for 139 Countries of the World

We develop roadmaps for converting the all-purpose energy (electricity, transportation, heating/cooling, industry, and agriculture/forestry/fishing) infrastructures of each of 139 countries of the world to ones powered by wind, water, and sunlight (WWS). As of the end of 2014, 3.8% of the WWS energy generation capacity needed for a 100% world has already been installed in these countries, with Norway (67%), Paraguay (54%), and Iceland (39%) the furthest along The roadmaps envision 80% conversion by 2030 and 100% conversion of all countries by 2050. The transformation can reduce 2050 power demand relative to BAU by ~32.3% due to the efficiency of …

100% Clean and Renewable Wind, Water, and Sunlight (WWS) All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for the 50 United States

This study presents roadmaps for each of the 50 United States to convert their all-purpose energy systems (for electricity, transportation, heating/cooling, and industry) to ones powered entirely by wind, water, and sunlight (WWS). The plans contemplate 80–85% of existing energy replaced by 2030 and 100% replaced by 2050. Conversion would reduce each state’s end-use power demand by a mean of B39.3% with B82.4% of this due to the efficiency of electrification and the rest due to end-use energy efficiency improvements. Year 2050 end-use U.S. all-purpose load would be met with B30.9% onshore wind, B19.1% offshore wind, B30.7% utility-scale photovoltaics (PV), …

Overview and Meteorological Validation of the Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit

Regional wind integration studies in the United States require detailed wind power output data at many locations to perform simulations of how the power system will operate under highpenetration scenarios. The wind data sets that serve as inputs to these studies must realistically reflect the ramping characteristics, spatial and temporal correlations, and capacity factors of the simulated wind plants, as well as be time-synchronized with available load profiles.

The Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit described in this report fulfills these requirements, and constitutes a state-of-the-art national wind resource data set covering the contiguous United States from 2007 to 2013 …

Technology Roadmap: Wind Energy – 2013 Edition

Damping Wind and Wave Loads on a Floating Wind Turbine

Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2024

Total installed costs for renewable power decreased by more than 10% for all technologies between 2023 and 2024, except for offshore wind, where they remained relatively stable, and bioenergy, where they increased by 16%. Nevertheless, the combination of capacity factors, market share, and financing costs led to a slight increase in the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for some technologies: solar PV by 0.6%, onshore wind by 3%, offshore wind by 4%, and bioenergy by 13%. Meanwhile, costs declined for CSP (-46%), geothermal (-16%), and hydropower (-2%).

Renewables continue to prove themselves as the most cost-competitive source of new electricity …

Clean Power Quarterly Market Report

U.S. installed 5.6 GW of clean power in Q1
• Developers brought 5,585 MW of utility-scale solar, wind, and energy storage projects online in the first quarter of 2024, up 28% from the 4,368 MW installed in Q1 2023.
• As of March 31, 2024, the U.S. had installed 269,878 MW of clean power capacity, enough to power more than 68 million homes.

Utility-scale solar crossed the 100 GW mark in Q1
• With 4,557 MW of new solar installed in the first quarter, the U.S. now has 100,547 MW of utility-scale solar deployed.
• Solar accounted for more than …