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Wind Resource Assessment of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

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Large cities are engaged in reducing CO2 emissions with the help of renewable energy. The aim of this study is to assess wind energy production over the 640 km2 of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB in Catalan) in order to set up small wind turbines to be connected to the smart grid. Buildings will create wind acceleration, recirculation areas, blocking effects. CFD software Urbawind models the wind inside this complex urban canopy. The work has been commissioned by the Sustainability Plan and the Environmental Services of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.

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  1. Meteodyn, 14 Bd Winston Churchill, 44100, Nantes, France

    Guillaume Caniot, María Bullido García & Stephane Sanquer

  2. Barcelona Regional, Carrer 60, 25-27, Edifici Z. 2a Planta, Sector A., 08040, Barcelona, Zona Franca, Spain

    Starsky Naya & Emili del Pozo

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  1. Guillaume Caniot
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  2. María Bullido García
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Correspondence to Guillaume Caniot .

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  1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Alberto Leon-Garcia

  2. Skoda Auto University, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

    Radim Lenort

  3. Skoda Auto University, Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic

    David Holman

  4. Škoda Auto University, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

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  5. Mendel University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

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  6. Škoda Auto University, Mladá, Czech Republic

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  7. Slovak University of Technology, Trnava, Slovakia

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  8. Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Czech Republic

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  9. Slovak University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

    Julius Golej

  10. University of Quebec´s ETS, Montréal, Canada

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Caniot, G., García, M.B., Sanquer, S., Naya, S., del Pozo, E. (2016). Wind Resource Assessment of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. In: Leon-Garcia, A., et al. Smart City 360°. SmartCity 360 SmartCity 360 2016 2015. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 166. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_28

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