Macroscale and microscale classifications of wind energy in the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
Based on the urgent demand for macroscale strategic layout and microscale accurate site selection of wind energy for rational energy classification,this study uses the Delphi method to determine the macroscale and mi-croscale classifications of wind energy in the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and key sea areas in the scenarios of conventional demand,commercial development,emergency power supply,and high power consumption,with full consideration of the energy characteristics,environmental risks,and cost-benefit.Results showed that,from the mac-roscale classification of wind energy in the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road,the wind energy in most areas is relative-ly rich and rich(the expected value of wind energy class is greater than 0.5),and the offshore areas of Somalia,Ma-nar Bay,the southeast coast of Sri Lanka,and the traditional gale center of the South China Sea are the centers,in which the value of wind energy level is relatively large.From the microscale classification of Sri Lankan waters,the areas with relatively rich wind energy are distributed in the strait between Sri Lanka and the Indian peninsula and the southeast coast of Sri Lanka(the expected value of wind energy class is greater than 0.7),and the areas with poor wind energy are the east and west coasts of the Indian peninsula and the east and southwest coasts of Sri Lanka.
21st Century Maritime Silk RoadSri Lankawind energy classificationresource characteristicsenvi-ronmental riskcost-benefitstrategic layoutaccurate site selection