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  • Renewable Energy Systems
  • Atmospheric Science & Meteorology

Background:

  • Wind power is crucial for net-zero energy goals.
  • Current wind simulations lack reliability for siting and integration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce ETHOS.RESKit, an open-source global wind power simulation workflow.
  • Enhance the accuracy and transparency of wind energy modeling.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Global Wind Atlas 4 and ECMWF Reanalysis 5.
  • Validated with 18M+ meteorological mast and 8M+ wind turbine measurements (2002-2021).
  • Calibrated against operational wind farm and country-level generation data.

Main Results:

  • Achieved 5.6% mean error and 0.844 Pearson correlation with turbine site data.
  • Demonstrated accuracy across scales with 0.6% mean error against aggregated data.
  • Ensured alignment with real-world statistics through final calibration.

Conclusions:

  • ETHOS.RESKit provides a transparent, validated, and accurate global wind power simulation.
  • This tool advances open-source modeling for reliable wind energy deployment.
  • Improves decision-making for wind farm siting and system integration.