Webinar Wed 7th Jan: Understanding and predicting global wind stilling and wind power resources

[David Brayshaw]

Advertising a free webinar on wind stilling and decadal forecasting for wind energy, Wed 7^th January.  Please use the registration form below.

 

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Webinar: Understanding and predicting global wind stilling and wind power resources

Wednesday 7^th January 2026, 0830-1000 UTC / 1600-1730 China

Webinar is free to attend but registration requested here: https://forms.office.com/e/SUphFgchbG

Please register before 1700 UTC Monday 5^th January 2026.

 

Abstract

Decarbonising electricity generation is one of the great challenges on the path to a net-zero economy and a stabilised global climate. Wind power is a rapidly growing source of renewable energy, with China and the UK as leading players in this sector.  Both countries are therefore exposed to fluctuations in wind power, yet global and regional projections of wind patterns over the coming decades remain uncertain.

 

This webinar will present research into future regional wind climate over the European and Asian region from the WISTEREA (Wind Stilling and Energy in Europe and Asia) programme.  Specifically, it will discuss evidence for potential global “wind stilling”, identifying robust insights and provide a new perspective reconciling the apparently conflicting evidence from different observational data streams.  It will also show how state-of-the-art climate modelling systems can potentially be leveraged to provide skillful regional wind-speed predictions over the coming decade.

 

Agenda

UTC/UK	China	Content	Presenter
0830	1630	Welcome and introducing the WISTEREA project
0835	1635	Wind power and climate variability/change	Jan Wohland (Universty of Oslo)
0850	1650	Evidence for global wind stilling in observations and reanalysis	Paul-Arthur Monerie (National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, UK)
0905	1705	Decadal forecasting for energy applications	Ben Hutchins (National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, UK)
0920	1720	WISTEREA outlook and next steps	Reinhard Schiemann (National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, UK)
0925	1725	Open discussion (Q&A session)	Chair: Reinhard Schiemann
0950	1750	Wrapping up and close