Global Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity
Xi Lu1, Michael B. McElroy2, 1Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States Email: 1xilu@tsinghua.edu.cn, 2mbm@seas.harvard.edu,
Abstract
A record of wind fields inferred from reanalysis of past meteorological data is used to assess the potential source of electricity that could be realized by tapping this global wind resource. It is concluded that the source would be more than sufficient to satisfy current and potentially future demands for global electricity, potentially for energy in all forms. Particular attention is directed to applications in China and in the United States, respectively, the world’s largest and second largest sources ...
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