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Surface wind energy density over eastern Greece

Die Energiedichte des Bodenwindes über Ost-Griechenland

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Calculations on surface wind energy density available per annum over eastern Greece, based on about 30 years of wind data, imply that Aeolian energy is a promissing renewable natural energy source in this part of the world. The wind power density available in the central Aegean basin is estimated to be of comparable magnitude to the wind power available over most of the north-west coast of England and of comparable magnitude to the solar energy density availability in Greece. It is estimated that about 800 medium size windmills can produce the total electric energy consumed in the Aegean islands and Crete.

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Berechnungen der pro Jahr über dem östlichen Griechenland verfügbaren Energiedichte des Bodenwindes, denen Windbeobachtungen von über 30 Jahren zugrunde liegen, ergeben, daß die Windenergie eine vielversprechende neue natürliche Energiequelle in diesem Teil der Erde ist. Die im zentralen ägäischen Becken verfügbare Dichte der Windkraft wird auf eine Größe geschätzt, die mit der über dem größten Teil der Nordwestküste von England verfügbaren Windkraft und mit der in Griechenland nutzbaren Dichte der Sonnenenergie vergleichbar ist. Es wird geschätzt, daß ungefähr 800 Windmühlen von mittlerer Größe die gesamte elektrische Energie erzeugen können, die auf den ägäischen Inseln und auf Kreta verbraucht wird.

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Zerefos, C.S. Surface wind energy density over eastern Greece. Arch. Met. Geoph. Biokl. B. 26, 81–86 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02266922

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