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Measurement Systems for Wind, Solar and Hydro Power Applications

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Wind, solar, and hydropower are major forms of the so-called renewable energies. Effective application of renewable energies to supply heat and electricity is weather dependent and needs short-term weather forecasts, as well as historical and climatological information. All relevant measurement sensors were introduced in previous chapters. Here, the special requirements of wind, radiation, and precipitation measurements for planning and operating renewable energy power plants are addressed. The cooling of conventional thermal power plants, the transmission of electricity in cables above ground, and the overall energy demand are weather dependent as well, and thus need atmospheric measurements.

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Emeis, S., Wilbert, S. (2021). Measurement Systems for Wind, Solar and Hydro Power Applications. In: Foken, T. (eds) Springer Handbook of Atmospheric Measurements. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52171-4_51

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