Research of the Crimean Peninsula wind power resources based on hourly data from ERA5 reanalysis
Journal: Monitoring systems of environment
Year: 2020

The climatic assessment of the wind resources of the Crimean Peninsula is carried out using the hourly ERA5 data for the 40-year period 1980-2019. It is established that average wind speed in central Crimea is 2–6 m/s. It is lower than on the western coast (4–8 m/s) and on the territory of the Kerch Peninsula (5–9 m/s). It is found that the Kerch Peninsula is the most favorable area for wind generation. The frequency of wind speed for rated output of wind turbines in that region is 15–17% at 10