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Thus, the wind power potential from the recent past was assessed based two different sources covering each one the 30-year period (1981\u20132010). The first source is the ERA-Interim atmospheric reanalysis provided by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), while the second source represents the hindcast wind fields simulated by a Regional Climate Model (RCM) and provided by EURO-CORDEX databases. The estimation of the near future wind power potential was made based on wind fields simulated by the same RCM under future climate projections, considering two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) and they cover also a 30-year time interval (2021\u20132050). Information in various reference points were analyzed in detail. Several conclusions resulted from the present work. Thus, as regards the mean wind power potential in winter season, in 51% of the locations a significant increase is projected in the near future (both scenarios). Besides providing a detailed description of the wind conditions from the recent past over the Black Sea basin considering two major sources, the novelty of the present work consists in the fact that it gives an estimation of the expected wind climate in the target area for the near future period and at the same time an evaluation of the climate change impacts on the wind speed and wind power potential.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/en11113198","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,21]],"date-time":"2018-11-21T11:23:27Z","timestamp":1542799407000},"page":"3198","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":33,"title":["Estimation of the Near Future Wind Power Potential in the Black Sea"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3095-6823","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Ganea","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, \u2018Dunarea de Jos\u2019 University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800 008 Galati, Romania"}]},{"given":"Elena","family":"Mereuta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, \u2018Dunarea de Jos\u2019 University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800 008 Galati, Romania"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8179-1347","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Liliana","family":"Rusu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, \u2018Dunarea de Jos\u2019 University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800 008 Galati, Romania"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ganea, D., Amortila, V., Mereuta, E., and Rusu, E. 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