Introducing ENERGY+

Discover how wind speed, direction, and variability are shifting — now and toward 2060

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Understanding how wind resources evolve under climate change is essential for long-term energy planning. ENERGY+ is a comprehensive dataset that enables users to anticipate seasonal changes and extreme wind anomalies, optimising both project design and operational strategies. Explore wind resource data from the past, present, and plausible futures — all within one consistent framework.

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Download the ENERGY+ product sheet here.

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Powered by Vortex Calibration

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ENERGY+ leverages Vortex fdc’s industry-leading mesoscale modelling and 40 years of hourly wind data to calibrate and downscale climate model outputs.

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Through advanced machine learning–based bias correction, it delivers refined wind speed and direction projections.

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The result: future wind scenarios grounded in high-quality historical data — bridging global climate science with site-specific precision for confident wind energy planning.

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Sub-Daily Resolution for Realistic Wind Modeling

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ENERGY+ provides projected changes in wind characteristics using an ensemble of CMIP6 climate models across multiple emission scenarios (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, SSP5-8.5), allowing you to compare and understand the sensitivities of your project(s) to global warming.

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It provides wind data every 6 hours (at 00h, 06h, 12h, and 18h UTC), giving a thorough view of daily changes and recording all types of wind speeds and directions needed for Energy Yield Assessment (EYA) and risk analysis. This approach also helps anticipate seasonal trends and extreme wind events to optimise energy planning.

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True Hub-Height Data: No Extrapolation Errors

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Like all Climate Scale products, wind data is obtained at the specified height directly from the model’s native vertical layers. This method avoids the additional uncertainty that comes from extrapolating 10 m surface wind data. Further, it also reduces the potential of overestimating the impact of land use changes, which are significant in certain regions.

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Available hub-heights on this first release: 100 m, 150 m and 200 m.

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Deliverables

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The results are provided in two deliverables:

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1. 6-hourly time series of wind speed and direction.

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Consists of a csv file containing 6-hourly wind speed (m/s) and direction (°) data. Available at various heights above ground, from 1984 to 2099, covering both historical and projected periods.

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The dataset incorporates outputs from 18–24 GCMs across four SSP scenarios, features 3 km spatial resolution, and is calibrated with Vortex data.

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2. Comprehensive PDF Synthesis ready for integration into your Energy Yield Assessment (EYA).

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The document analyses essential metrics to deliver a thorough perspective on wind condition changes impacting a project, drawing on historic and downscaled future projections.

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It details the projected changes of wind characteristics in comparison with the reference baseline period. It includes wind speed distributions, changes in the annual cycle, seasonality analysis, changes in dominant wind sectors, and much more.

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It is designed for direct inclusion as an annex to your EYA report and can be used for transparent benchmarking, risk evaluation, and informed project decisions.

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Want to explore ENERGY+? Get in touch!

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Coming soon...

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☀️🔋 ENERGY+ will expand to include new variables crucial for solar projects, such as global and diffuse irradiance and temperature, enabling more comprehensive solar resource assessments and project analysis in future versions.

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Contact our team if you would like to be in the loop of the upcoming solar version of ENERGY+.