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most citedReviewing methods and assumptions for high-resolution large-scale onshore wind energy potential assessments

222 citations · 259 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

stat.AP2021★ 3 cited

Explaining the decline of US wind output power density

Peter Regner, Katharina Gruber, Sebastian Wehrle +1

US wind power generation has grown significantly over the last decades, in line with the number and average size of operating turbines. However, wind power density has declined, bo…

econ.GN2021★ 222 cited

Reviewing methods and assumptions for high-resolution large-scale onshore wind energy potential assessments

Russell McKenna, Stefan Pfenninger, Heidi Heinrichs +16

The rapid uptake of renewable energy technologies in recent decades has increased the demand of energy researchers, policymakers and energy planners for reliable data on the spatia…

stat.AP2020★ 11 cited

Towards a global dynamic wind atlas: A multi-country validation of wind power simulation from MERRA-2 and ERA-5 reanalyses bias-corrected with the Global Wind Atlas

Katharina Gruber, Peter Regner, Sebastian Wehrle +2

Reanalysis data are widely used for simulating renewable energy and in particular wind power generation. While MERRA-2 has been a de-facto standard in many studies, the newer ERA5-…

econ.GN2020★ 23 cited

The Cost of Undisturbed Landscapes

Sebastian Wehrle, Johannes Schmidt, Christian Mikovits

By 2030 Austria aims to meet 100% of its electricity demand from domestic renewable sources, with most of the additional generation coming from wind and solar energy. Apart from th…

stat.AP2019

The perils of automated fitting of datasets: the case of a wind turbine cost model

Claude Klöckl, Katharina Gruber, Peter Regner +2

Rinne et al. conduct an interesting analysis of the impact of wind turbine technology and land-use on wind power potentials, which allows profound insights into each factors contri…

econ.GN2018

District heating systems under high CO2 emission prices: the role of the pass-through from emission cost to electricity prices

Sebastian Wehrle, Johannes Schmidt

Low CO2 prices have prompted discussion about political measures aimed at increasing the cost of carbon dioxide emissions. These costs affect, inter alia, integrated district heati…