Wind Density

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Wind Density

File:Layer Wind Density.png
Layer Info
Category	Management
Sub-category	Environmental conditions

Description

Wind power energy content (kW/m2).

Source:

Ingmarsson P., Hüffmeier J. (2019). "2030 and 2050 Baltic Sea Energy Scenarios - Ocean Energy". Retrieved from: vasab.org, accessed on 2022-03-15.

MSP Challenge

This layer is for information purposes only; it can help deciding which areas to give preference when planning for new wind parks.

This layer is only available for the Baltic Sea Edition.

Return to environmental conditions.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the North Sea Edition.

Types

• Very Low
• Low
• Medium
• High
• Very High

Metadata

Data Source

Baltic LINes project output provided directly by the project's partners (SwAM, RI.SE). For more info see the full report here

Original Title

Wind Resource Density.

Description

Usable power density (in W/m2) of wind speeds in the Baltic Sea based on numerical simulated data from coastDat¹. Usable power density implies the wind power available based on the wind speed distribution (Ingmarsson P., Hüffmeier J., 2019).

The usable power input is calculated according to the standard methods used for wind atlases) (Ingmarsson P., Hüffmeier J., 2019).

¹"coastDat is a model-based data bank developed mainly for the assessment of long-term changes in data sparse regions. A sequence of numerical models is employed to reconstruct all aspects of marine climate (such as storms, waves, surges etc.) over many decades of years relying only on large-scale information such as large-scale atmospheric conditions."

Source:

Ingmarsson P., Hüffmeier J. (2019). "2030 and 2050 Baltic Sea Energy Scenarios - Ocean Energy". Retrieved from: vasab.org, accessed on 2022-03-15.

Creation Date

Not available. Data received on 2018-09-12.

Methodology

Reclassified values into qualitative classes from "Very Low" to "Very High". Reprojected the geodata layer to Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (EPSG:3035).

Western Baltic Sea

The Wind Density layer in the Western Baltic Sea Edition remains consistent with that featured in the Baltic Sea edition.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Adriatic Sea Edition.

Not applicable.

This layer is not present in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.