Earth System Dynamics
Earth System Dynamics
ESD
Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-1047-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-1047-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
Research article
 | 
29 Nov 2017
Research article |  | 29 Nov 2017

More homogeneous wind conditions under strong climate change decrease the potential for inter-state balancing of electricity in Europe

Jan Wohland, Mark Reyers, Juliane Weber, and Dirk Witthaut

Viewed

Total article views: 4,301 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
2,794 1,358 149 4,301 512 191 195
  • HTML: 2,794
  • PDF: 1,358
  • XML: 149
  • Total: 4,301
  • Supplement: 512
  • BibTeX: 191
  • EndNote: 195
Views and downloads (calculated since 24 May 2017)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 24 May 2017)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 4,301 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 4,235 with geography defined and 66 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 18 Nov 2025
Download
Short summary
Solar and wind energy generation are weather dependent and can not be switched on when needed. Despite this, stable electricity supply can be obtained by aggregation over large areas, for example Europe. However, we show that strong climate change impedes spatial balancing of electricity because countries are more likely to suffer from simultaneous generation shortfall. As a consequence, local scarcity can less often be balanced by imports.
Read more
Share
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint