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Environmental data for the planning of off-shore wind parks from the EnerGEO Platform of Integrated Assessment (PIA)
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2013
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Shaker Verlag
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The EU-sponsored EnerGEO project aims at providing decision makers with a modelling platform to assess the
environmental impacts of different sources of renewable energy. One of the pillars of the project is the Wind Energy
Pilot, addressing the effects of offshore wind parks on air pollution and energy use. The methods used in the pilot
and the underlying environmental databases are integrated into a WebGIS client tool and made available to the
public. This paper is dedicated to describing the environmental databases and supporting data incorporated in the
client tool. A 27-km resolution, 11-year wind database is created using the WRF model. The wind database is used to
assess the wind climate in the north-west Atlantic region and to derive the potential power output from offshore wind
parks. Auxiliary data concerning water depth, distance to shore and distance to the nearest suitable port are created to
aid the planning and maintenance phases. Seasonal workability conditions are assessed using a 20-year wave
database. The distance at which future wind parks should be placed to exhibit different wind climates is investigated.