Introduction: The scope of the project is to examine the wind’s properties over spatial scales between the two existing projects (i.e., bigger than a single wind-farm but smaller than a 250x250km area) and, secondly, to understand how well operational weather forecast models are able to predict these events.

Objectives:

The objectives of the project are based on five work packages; this includes

• WP 1 – Obtaining observational data and robustness testing of “UK wide wind” results
• WP 2 – Predictability: statistical
• WP 3 – Predictability: case studies
• WP 4 – “Worst case” scenarios at sub-regional level
• WP 5 – Dissemination and identification of further research needs

Expected Benefits:

New learning will be generated from an improved understanding of extreme wind events and the response to these events that occur during the project’s duration.