From af625d73791dba3f2bf7ca2c488fd041cc8fc086 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Neumann <fabian.neumann@outlook.de>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 12:18:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] config: reduce default deployment density for offshore
 wind

---
 config.default.yaml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.default.yaml b/config.default.yaml
index d97f4712..6bd06700 100755
--- a/config.default.yaml
+++ b/config.default.yaml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ renewable:
     resource:
       method: wind
       turbine: NREL_ReferenceTurbine_5MW_offshore
-    capacity_per_sqkm: 3
+    capacity_per_sqkm: 2
     correction_factor: 0.8855
     # proxy for wake losses
     # from 10.1016/j.energy.2018.08.153
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ renewable:
       method: wind
       turbine: NREL_ReferenceTurbine_5MW_offshore
     # ScholzPhd Tab 4.3.1: 10MW/km^2
-    capacity_per_sqkm: 3
+    capacity_per_sqkm: 2
     correction_factor: 0.8855
     # proxy for wake losses
     # from 10.1016/j.energy.2018.08.153

From 1b2c6e17c504e691e7ed331b4ce78d073a09333e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Neumann <fabian.neumann@outlook.de>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 12:21:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add release note for offshore density reduction

---
 doc/release_notes.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst
index 22406954..0423a581 100644
--- a/doc/release_notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release_notes.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Upcoming Release
   as a proxy for wake losses. More rigorous modelling is `planned <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/issues/153>`_
   [`#277 <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/pull/277>`_].
 
+* The default deployment density of AC- and DC-connected offshore wind capacity is reduced from 3 MW/sqkm
+  to a more conservative estimate of 2 MW/sqkm [`#280 <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/pull/280>`_].
+
 
 PyPSA-Eur 0.4.0 (22th September 2021)
 =====================================