Deliverable 1.1. Open Access Technical Database To Advance Impact Assessment And Energy Modelling For Wind Energy

This deliverable presents a database to advance impact assessment and energy modelling for wind energy. The database contains climatic and environmental data on world’s wind farms (up to October 2021). For each European wind farm, it also includes estimations on expected material demands, land use and life cycle impacts. Additionally, the database includes life-cycle inventory examples for onshore and offshore turbines of various technical characteristics. To populate this database we developed WindTrace, an open-source parametrized life-cycle inventory model for onshore and offshore turbines. The contents of the database and the methods to develop WindTrace are presented, as well as mini-reviews on power curves and CT-curves.