1. WRMA-WMO-World Bank-WFP Expert Meeting, Geneva, Dec. 2007 Wind Power Risk Contracts Albert.Klein.Tank@KNMI.nl

2. WRMA-WMO-World Bank-WFP Expert Meeting, Geneva, Dec. 2007 Agenda Station wind data on Internet Interpolation to other locations Wind energy services For tomorrow

3. WRMA-WMO-World Bank-WFP Expert Meeting, Geneva, Dec. 2007 Station wind data on Internet Climate proofing the Netherlands: revisiting the DELTA works Hourly wind series primary input for design of dikes All data provided on the Internet

4. WRMA-WMO-World Bank-WFP Expert Meeting, Geneva, Dec. 2007 Station wind data on Internet Climate proofing the Netherlands: revisiting the DELTA works Hourly wind series primary input for design of dikes All data provided on the Internet

5. WRMA-WMO-World Bank-WFP Expert Meeting, Geneva, Dec. 2007 Interpolation

6. WRMA-WMO-World Bank-WFP Expert Meeting, Geneva, Dec. 2007

9. Wind energy services

10. WRMA-WMO-World Bank-WFP Expert Meeting, Geneva, Dec. 2007 (www.knmi.nl) Summer precip ~2050 Number of windstorms > 7 Bft For tomorrow

11. WRMA-WMO-World Bank-WFP Expert Meeting, Geneva, Dec. 2007 “Extra-tropical storm tracks are projected to move poleward, continuing the broad pattern of observed trends over the last half-century” IPCC-AR4 consequent changes in local wind conditions!

12. WRMA-WMO-World Bank-WFP Expert Meeting, Geneva, Dec. 2007 Projections for NL …but natural variability is still large compared to the local change signal (KNMI, 2006)

13. WRMA-WMO-World Bank-WFP Expert Meeting, Geneva, Dec. 2007 (KNMI, 2006) Other projections for NL