Wind Energy Education at the University of Cape TownChris Lennard, Climate System Analysis Group, UCT

Climate System Analysis Group (Post-grad)Brendan Argent (PhD)

Climate System Analysis Group (Post-grad)Brendan Argent (PhD)

Climate System Analysis Group (Post-grad)Brendan Argent (PhD)

Climate System Analysis Group (Post-grad)

SAWS station data:

Missing & numerous errors -> only 107 of the original 960 stations

passed the quality control criteria. BUT of these 107 stations only overlap

temporally 2% of the time.

Infilled SAWS data using the 0.3 degree hourly Climate Forecast System

Reanalysis (CFSR) between 1989-2010.

The raw CFSR data bias corrected method based on WASA station wind

speed and direction, time of day and month of the year.

This is achieved without disrupting spatial correlation patterns.

Corrected and extended wind time series from each station site are used

for the regionalisation.

Brendan Argent (PhD)

Climate System Analysis Group (Post-grad)Brendan Argent (PhD)

Verification of gridded seasonal wind forecasts

Distribution of wind speed forecasts and their

matching observations over a 20 year period

(1991 - 2010) at pressure level 100 hPa over the

Western Cape.

Ph.D.

Nchaba, T., Mpholo, M. and Lennard, C. (2016), Long-term austral summer wind speed trends over southern Africa. Int. J. Climatol.. doi:10.1002/joc.4883

Related wind trends to pressure and temperature trends

Climate System Analysis Group (Post-grad)Teboho Nchaba (M.Sc.)

Tich Mukunga (M.Sc.)Projections of wind speeds

Climate System Analysis Group (Post-grad)

Wind speed anomalies at 850 hPa from RCA4 regional model downscaled ERA-Interim and 7 GCMs historical period

Alex Brown (M.Phil.)Historical wind characteristics

Climate System Analysis Group (Post-grad)

Climate System Analysis Group (Post-grad)Alex Brown (M.Phil.)Historical wind characteristics

Climate System Analysis Group (Post-grad)Alex Brown (M.Phil.)Historical wind characteristics

“The ERC is South Africa’s foremost energy research institution working at the intersection of energy and the environment. We are a multi-disciplinary centre that draws from skills sets as diverse as engineering, economics, history, statistics, political studies, and physics.”

Two Masters programmes: M.Sc. (Eng) in Sustainable Energy EngineeringM.Phil. in Energy & Development Studies:• New & Renewable Energy Technologies• Energy systems analysis and planning• Climate change• Energy, poverty and development• Markets and governance

Energy Research Centre

Energy Research CentrePh.D. programmes:Richard Fyvie: Science and Engineering SkillsDevelopment Stimulated by Local Content Requirements in the South African Wind Energy Industry.

Holle Wlokas: Implementing community development and clean electricity infrastructure: the evolution of institutional work in South Africa's renewable energy sector (REIPPP's community benefit requirements)

Supervised by Dr Britta Rennkamp• Climate technology and innovation policy in

developing countries• links between poverty, inequality and mitigation of

climate change

Wind Energy Education at the University of Cape TownChris Lennard, Climate System Analysis Group, UCT