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Project: Norwegian Wind Atlas	Customer: NVE/ENOVA	Revision: 2.0.0
Layout: Finnmark east offshore 3	User: VECTOR AS	Date: 18.08.03 11:12



+	Wind Resources in Finnmark east offshore 3


	Possible use of shallow areas along the Norwegian coast for wind energy production depends on the water depth, distance to shore and the annual mean wind speed. These variables can be explored by clicking on the link icons in the below figure.

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.			.	Bathymetry Dist. to shore Wind clim. st. Depth > -10 m Depth > -20 m Depth > -30 m Depth > -40 m Depth > -50 m	.
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	Fig. 1	Annual wind speeds 50 meters height based on land stations (m/s)


Area classification
In this model the shallow offshore areas with depths less than -50 meters cover: 274 km ². Shallow areas are further classified in 5x5 groups according to distance to fixed point and according to water depth. A fixed point is defined as any point in an island that has a minimum area. The minimum island area is set to: 1.0 km ².


.			-10 m	.		-20 m	.		-30 m	.		-40 m	.		-50 m	.

10 km		38	(1775)		77	(3648)		124	(6017)		189	(9240)		274	(13519)
20 km		38	(1775)		77	(3648)		124	(6017)		189	(9240)		274	(13519)
30 km		38	(1775)		77	(3648)		124	(6017)		189	(9240)		274	(13519)
40 km		38	(1775)		77	(3648)		124	(6017)		189	(9240)		274	(13519)
10000 km		38	(1775)		77	(3648)		124	(6017)		189	(9240)		274	(13519)


Table 1.	Areas in km² classified in groups according to water depth and distance to fixed point, number in brackets are the energy production in GWh/year for an installed capacity of 15MW/km² Energy assessment.