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dc.contributor.authorHallgren, Willow
dc.contributor.authorGunturu, Udaya Bhaskar
dc.contributor.authorSchlosser, Adam
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-09T16:30:55Z
dc.date.available2014-09-09T16:30:55Z
dc.date.issued2014-07
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89236
dc.description.abstractAustralia’s wind resource is considered to be very good, and the utilization of this renewable energy resource is increasing rapidly: wind power installed capacity increased by 35% from 2006 to 2011 and is predicted to account for over 12% of Australia’s electricity generation in 2030. Due to this growth in the utilization of the wind resource and the increasing importance of wind power in Australia’s energy mix, this study sets out to analyze and interpret the nature of Australia’s wind resources using robust metrics of the abundance, variability and intermittency of wind power density, and analyzes the variation of these characteristics with current and potential wind turbine hub heights. We also assess the extent to which wind intermittency, on hourly or greater timescales, can potentially be mitigated by the aggregation of geographically dispersed wind farms, and in so doing, lessen the severe impact on wind power economic viability of long lulls in wind and power generated. Our results suggest that over much of Australia, areas that have high wind intermittency coincide with large expanses in which the aggregation of turbine output does not mitigate variability. These areas are also geographically remote, some are disconnected from the east coast’s electricity grid and large population centers, which are factors that could decrease the potential economic viability of wind farms in these locations. However, on the eastern seaboard, even though the wind resource is weaker, it is less variable, much closer to large population centers, and there exists more potential to mitigate it’s intermittency through aggregation. This study forms a necessary precursor to the analysis of the impact of large-scale circulations and oscillations on the wind resource at the mesoscale.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Changeen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099608en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attributionen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.sourcePublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.titleThe Potential Wind Power Resource in Australia: A New Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationHallgren, Willow, Udaya Bhaskar Gunturu, and Adam Schlosser. “The Potential Wind Power Resource in Australia: A New Perspective.” Edited by Francois G. Schmitt. PLoS ONE 9, no. 7 (July 2, 2014): e99608.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Changeen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorHallgren, Willowen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorGunturu, Udaya Bhaskaren_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorSchlosser, Adamen_US
dc.relation.journalPLoS ONEen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsHallgren, Willow; Gunturu, Udaya Bhaskar; Schlosser, Adamen_US
mit.licensePUBLISHER_CCen_US
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