Increasing extreme maximum wind speed challenge offshore wind energy resilience

This study investigates how climate change is intensifying extreme ocean winds, posing growing risks to offshore wind energy systems. By analyzing hourly global wind speed data from ERA5 during 1940-2023, the researchers quantify long-term trends in the fifty-year return period wind speed (<i>U50</i>)—a crucial factor in wind turbine design.本研究旨在探讨气候变化如何加剧海洋极端强风，并对近海风电系统构成日益严峻的风险。研究人员通过分析1940年至2023年间ERA5的逐小时全球风速数据，量化了50年重现期风速（U50）的长期变化趋势——该参数是风力涡轮机设计中的关键考量因素。