Knowledge on climatic conditions and resources

An icing map of Europe has been developed in order to estimate the areas in which icing may endanger wind energy production. First versions of the European Icing Map and Frost map were produced in WECO EU project [1,2]. Updated versions are currently under development in the framework of the
EU project ICETOOLS although a tool for estimating the number of icing days on a given site is still missing. Also models for predicting local weather events (wind, icing) more accurately are being developed. Model development needs to be done in connection with accurate measurements for verification and validation before they can be used freely.

1. Tammelin, B., Cavaliere, M., Holttinen, H., Morgan, C., Seifert, H., Säntti, K., WECO final report, 2000, European Commission, Brussels. 41 p.
2. Tammelin, B., Säntti, K., Icing in Europe, Proceedings of the BOREAS IV conference, Hetta, Finland 1998, Finnish Meteorological Institute.

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