Changes in extreme wind and intense wind speeds in

Northern EuropeS.C. Pryor, Indiana University, USAJ.T Schoof, Southern Illinois University, USAN.-E. Clausen, Risø DTU, DenmarkM. Drews, Denmark’s Meteorological Institute

EWEC 2010 Warsaw session B, 20 April 2010

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Outline

• The Climate Energy Systems (CES) project• Motivation and context• Approach• Some results • Applications

AcknowledgementsThe financial support by the Nordic Energy Research and by the energy sector in the Nordic countries is gratefully acknowledged as is the financial support to Sara Pryor from the National Science Foundation.

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Climate & Energy Systems objective

• Improve the decision framework of the energy sector with regard to climate change impact on renewable energy resources and the energy system

• Project period 2007-2010• 30+ partners from the 5 Nordic + the Baltic countries• Focus on hydro, wind and biomass • Supported by Nordic Energy Research and the Nordic

Energy Industry (DONG Energy Denmark, Statkraft Norway, Elforsk Sweden and the Finnish Energy Industries)

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HIRHAM5 from DMI

RCA from SMHI

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Applications

Storebælt bridge Denmark

Design of wind turbines

Design of other infrastructure

Definition of design basis for Fehmern Belt fixed link

Photo DONG Energy

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Summary

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Thank you for your attention

Middelgrunden20 x 2 MW

Project web www.os.is/ces

Contact: necl@risoe.dtu.dk