WIND RESOURCE ANALYSIS FOR AIRBORNE WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS

Cai Yanfeng; Li Xiaoyu; Ren Zongdong; Sun Shu

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2023-1635

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (2) : 624-632. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2023-1635

WIND RESOURCE ANALYSIS FOR AIRBORNE WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS

Cai Yanfeng¹, Li Xiaoyu², Ren Zongdong², Sun Shu¹

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Focusing on the high-altitude wind energy that could be captured by the Airborne Wind Energy System （AWES）, the spatial and temporal characteristics of wind speed and wind power density from 300 m to 3000 m above ground are analyzed and compared between seven regions for China with the ERA5 reanalysis data. The results show that the spatial distribution of high wind speed area and high altitude area basically overlap. Wind speed and wind power density continue to increase with the rise of height and the wind profile of Northeast China, North China, Northwest China are more suitable for exploiting high-altitude wind resources. The seasonal variations of wind speed and wind power density also increase with the rise of height. While the daily variation of wind speed gradually decreases and the inter-regional differences narrow. This work suggests that the wind energy utilization potential of the cross-wind mode AWES is lower than other kind of AWES. It is necessary to plan for a higher operating altitude for cross-wind mode AWES in considering of the existing status of airspace utilization in China.

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wind energy / wind farm / atmospheric boundary layer / quality control / reanalysis data

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Cai Yanfeng, Li Xiaoyu, Ren Zongdong, Sun Shu. WIND RESOURCE ANALYSIS FOR AIRBORNE WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2025, 46(2): 624-632 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2023-1635

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