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The importance of this study is to underline the fact that the wind energy potential in the western part of the Black Sea basin can be considered significant, while the wave energy is lower in comparison with oceans. However, in winter time when energy consumption in Bulgaria and Romania is high, the wave energy presents the highest values. The aim of this research paper is to draw a comprehensive picture regarding the wave and wind energy near Bulgaria and Romania coastlines. More precisely, six locations were st...

Nowadays, the energy sector of any country is confronted with many urgent problems. This is due to the fact that this sector, like others, it works mainly on a heritage of the past (conventional sources of energy). The aim of this paper is to analyze the economic aspects of extracting clean energy in Romania. In this scope, a comprehensive analysis of the wind potential in parallel with the economic potential is conducted. For the wind analysis a data set that covers a 30-year interval (01 January 1989 to 31 Decem...

The objective of this paper is to analyze the performances (capacity factor, rated capacity, operating capacity, annul electricity production) of some of the most used wind turbines in nearshore and offshore operations. The target area of this study is the Black Sea. More precisely, twelve points were chosen for this analysis. The wind fields (zonal and meridional velocity at 10-meter height) from four datasets were used to assess the wind turbines performances. The first one is ERA-Interim. This dataset is a glob...

The aim of the presented paper is to analyze the 10-meter wind (U10) conditions of the western part of the Black Sea during the present and near future interval. More precisely, 10 locations were studied. Regarding the geographical location, the points of interest are located in the range 40oN to 47oN and 27oE to 34oE as follows: 2 points are near to the Ukraine?s coast line, 3 to Romania?s coast line, 2 to Bulgaria?s coast line and 3 to Turkey?s coast line. Thus, for analyzing the wind conditions during the prese...

The energy sector, among others, is one of the strategic sectors for any country regardless the degree of development. Being one of the most dynamic sectors due to the exponential need for energy, in most cases is unfriendly for the environment due to the conventional methods of extraction that are more affordable than those unconventional. The Romanian energy sector is no exception. In these conditions, the main objective of this paper is to evaluate the renewable energy potential of the Romania territory, namely...

The impact of the extreme atmospheric conditions in the context of climate changes is a topic often studied at a global scale. The aim of the presented work is to analysis the extreme wind condition at a much smaller scale represented by the Black Sea area. For this perspective, the presented paper presents a comprehensive picture of the extreme atmospheric conditions along the coastlines of Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine. More precisely, eight geographical locations were analyzed, together...