1. Changes in extreme wind and intense wind speeds in Northern Europe S.C. Pryor, Indiana University, USA J.T Schoof, Southern Illinois University, USA N.-E. Clausen, Risø DTU, Denmark M. Drews, Denmark’s Meteorological Institute EWEC 2010 Warsaw session B, 20 April 2010

2. 2Risø DTU, Technical University of Denmark Outline The Climate Energy Systems (CES) project Motivation and context Approach Some results Applications Acknowledgements The financial support by the Nordic Energy Research and by the energy sector in the Nordic countries is gratefully acknowledged as is the financial support to Sara Pryor from the National Science Foundation.

3. 3Risø DTU, Technical University of Denmark Climate & Energy Systems objective Improve the decision framework of the energy sector with regard to climate change impact on renewable energy resources and the energy system Project period 2007-2010 30+ partners from the 5 Nordic + the Baltic countries Focus on hydro, wind and biomass Supported by Nordic Energy Research and the Nordic Energy Industry (DONG Energy Denmark, Statkraft Norway, Elforsk Sweden and the Finnish Energy Industries)

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13. 13Risø DTU, Technical University of Denmark Applications Storebælt bridge Denmark Design of wind turbines Design of other infrastructure Definition of design basis for Fehmern Belt fixed link Photo DONG Energy

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15. 15Risø DTU, Technical University of Denmark Thank you for your attention Middelgrunden 20 x 2 MW Project web www.os.is/ces Contact: necl@risoe.dtu.dk