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