A new tool to obtain relevant indicators for the energy sector

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15th October 2024, Darmstadt

Sushovan Ghosh, Francesc Roura Adserias, Katherine Grayson, Aleksander Lacima-Nadolnik, Albert Soret

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• CLIMATE ADAPTATION DIGITAL TWIN (CLIMATE DT): Assess the impacts of climate change and different adaptation strategies at unprecedented horizontal resolution at hourly scale, globally over multiple decades.

• Use-cases: demonstrate the fidelity of the climate information provided by ESMs within CLIMATE DT (expand its user community and addresses their needs).

Hydro-Meteorological

Renewable Energy

Wildfire

Hydro-Land

Energy Indicators

1. Wind Speed at hub height (100 m / 150 m)

2. Capacity factors

3. High Wind Events (Wind speed > 25 m/s)

4. Low Wind Events (Wind speed < 3 m/s)

5. Heating Degree Days

6. Cooling Degree Days

7. Anomaly of wind speed and capacity factors

Output & End User

User requirements

Data Files (netCDF,GRIB, CSV) or graphic visualization (png, tif)

Energy Application

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Weekly mean Wind Speed (m/s)

Weekly mean Capacity Factors

Weekly accumulated Low Wind Events (%) Occurrence

Weekly accumulated High Wind Events (%) Occurrence

Wind speed > 25 m/s

Wind speed < 3 m/s

Data: ClimateDT IFS-FESOM projection simulation.

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• CLIMATE DT : "Streaming of climate model data to various Applications" (Operational)

ESM data

Application

Operational

Workflow integration

Contact: sushovan.ghosh@bsc.es / francesc.roura@bsc.es

Workflow: Roura Adserias et al.,

Application: Ghosh et al.,

Energy Session: (16th Oct, 9 am -10.15 am) Climate Adaptation Digital Twin: the energy use case.

More info: https://destination-earth.eu/use-cases/onshore-and-offshore-wind-energy-information/

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