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Papers
- Natural Gas & Electricity
Solar Project Due Dilligence article by Marie Schnitzer
This is a version of an article published in Natural Gas & Electricity [itals] [copyright symbol] 2012, February, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/105559587.”
- Q4 2011 Wind Trends Bulletin Released: India
AWS Truepower’s wind performance analyses for the fourth quarter of 2011 are now available. Our analytical Wind Trends Bulletins for North American, Europe and India are developed by a team of expert meteorologists and based on a proprietary long-term simulated wind resource data set.
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- Q4 2011 Wind Trends Bulletin Released: Europe
AWS Truepower’s wind performance analyses for the fourth quarter of 2011 are now available. Our analytical Wind Trends Bulletins for North American, Europe and India are developed by a team of expert meteorologists and based on a proprietary long-term simulated wind resource data set.
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- Q4 2011 Wind Trends Bulletin Released: North America
AWS Truepower’s wind performance analyses for the fourth quarter of 2011 are now available. Our analytical Wind Trends Bulletins for North American, Europe and India are developed by a team of expert meteorologists and based on a proprietary long-term simulated wind resource data set.
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- Wind Flow Model Performance
This study characterizes mean flow at four sites with different terrain complexity and wind climates (e.g. mesoscale circulations). In this paper five numerical wind flow models are compared: WAsP, Meteodyn WT, WindMap / openWind Enterprise, SiteWind and ARPS.
- Study: Observation deployment system to improve wind power generation forecasts.
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) for the Mid-Columbia Basin
- Wind Trends Bulletin: India, 2011 – Q2
AWS Truepower released its Wind Trends Bulletin for the second quarter of 2011. This report reviews wind patterns in India. The Wind Trends Bulletin is based on AWS Truepower’s long-term simulated wind resource data set and incorporates analysis conducted by our team of expert meteorologists.
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- Wind Trends Bulletin: 2011 Q2
AWS Truepower released its Wind Trends Bulletin for the second quarter of 2011. This report reviews wind patterns in Canada, the United States, and Europe. The Wind Trends Bulletin is based on AWS Truepower’s long-term simulated wind resource data set and incorporates analysis conducted by our team of expert meteorologists.
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- The openWind Deep-Array Wake Model Development and Validation
This paper details the theoretical background, application and validation of AWS Truepower’s Deep-Array Wake Model used in openWind® Enterprise wind plant design and optimization software.
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- windTrends Bulletin Q1 2011
The windtrends Bulletin reported favorable conditions for Canada and United States in the first quarter of 2011, Europe remains mostly below normal.
- How Wind Forecasting Can Optimize Plant Performance
AWS Truepower shares expertise and trends on how quality plant performance data and forecasting can optimize wind plant production.
North American Windpower
May 2011
- windTrends Bulletin: Q4 2010 Released
AWS Truepower’s windTrends Bulletin: Q4 2010 reveals that the majority of Europe continued to see relatively low wind speeds, in the fourth quarter of 2010. The United States conversely saw windier-than-normal condition throughout most of the country for the second consecutive quarter.
- windTrends Bulletin: Q3 2010 Released
windTrends Bulletin: 2010 Q3 reviews nationwide wind patterns from the third quarter of 2010 for the United States and Europe revealing most of the United States experienced significantly greater than-normal wind speeds compared to the long-term average for the same quarter.
- New US Wind Energy Potential Estimates
Background and explaination of changes to previously released estimates.
- windTrends Bulletin: Q2 2010 Released
windTrends Bulletin: 2010 Q2 reviews US and European wind patterns from the second quarter of 2010, revealing that the majority of Europe experienced below-mean wind speeds. Based on AWS Truepower’s windTrends data set and other climatological wind data, the analysis showed average wind speeds over parts of the UK during the past year have been at or close to historical lows. Conversely, factors in the US like shifting storm tracks, and a weakening of El Nino and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) event, caused noticeably intensified domestic wind speeds across much of the Western US compared to the first quarter of 2010.
- Quantification and Applications of Wind Flow Modeling Uncertainty
Presented at WINDPOWER Conference and Trade Show
May 2010
- windNavigator Methods and Validation
windNavigator Methods and Validation White Paper
May 2010
- Map-based Energy Estimates
Presented at WINDPOWER Conference and Trade Show
May 2010
- SMART Solar Resource Assessment White Paper
Marie Schnitzer, Director of Solar Services
June 2010
- SMART Wind Resource Assessment: Boost Data Accuracy At Higher Levels
Dan Bernadett, Chief Engineer – AWS Truepower
Windpower Monthly : Special Report Mighty Machines – May 2010
- windTrends Bulletin: 2010 Q1
windTrends Bulletin: 2010 Q1 reviews nationwide wind patterns from the first quarter of 2010, showing that shifts in circulation patterns in both the Pacific and North Atlantic regions played a significant role in below average wind speeds in the continental US.
- New York's Offshore Wind Energy Development Potential in the Great Lakes: Feasibility Study
Authored by AWS Truewind, LLC for NYSERDA
04/2010revision September 2010
- Managing Wind Risks
Ener G
5/26/2009
- A Regional Assessment of the U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Resource Through the Use of Mesoscale Modeling
Marine Technology Society Journal
5/26/2009
- Using Simulated Wind Data from a Mesoscale Model in MCP
AWEA Windpower 2009
May 2009
- Does Climate Change Threaten Wind Resources?
North American Windpower
May 2009
- Predicting Sudden Changes in Wind Power Generation
North American Windpower
October 2008
- Green Energy Ohio : Wind Resource Assessment
Shore Lake Erie project with references to AWS Truewind.
- Wind Energy Moves into the Mainstream
The World Energy Book 2007, World Energy Congress
November 2007 – Rome, Italy
- Classifying Rotor Span Shear Profile Variability and Improving Wind Turbine Production Prediction
AWEA Windpower Conference
June 3 – 6, 2007 – Los Angeles, California, USA
- Optimization of Wind Power Production Forecast Performance During Critical Periods for Grid Management
AWEA Windpower Conference
June 3 – 6, 2007 – Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Maximizing the Accuracy of Sodar Measurements for Wind Resource Assessment
Research Note
Issue No. 2: August 2006
- Wind Energy Forecasting: The Economic Benefits of Accuracy
WindPower Asia
June 26-29, 2006 – Bejing, China
- New High-Resolution Wind Resource Maps of China
WindPower Asia
June 26-29, 2006 – Bejing, China
- Observed Rotor-Plane Wind Profiles Derived from Sodar Measurements: Potential Impact on Turbine Power Performance
AWEA Windpower Conference
June 4-6, 2006 – Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- California Wind Generation Research Dataset (CARD)
AWEA Windpower Conference Proceedings (on CD ROM)
June 4-6, 2006 – Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Wind Tunnel and Numerical Modeling of Wind Energy Generation at Altamont Pass
AWEA Windpower Conference Proceedings (on CD ROM)
June 4-6, 2006 – Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- An Analysis of the Errors and Uncertainty in Wind Power Production Forecasts
AWEA Windpower Conference Proceedings (on CD ROM)
June 4-6, 2006 – Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- California Regional Wind Energy Forecasting Project Test Results: Improved Five-Minute and 48-Hour Forecast Performance
AWEA Windpower Conference Proceedings (on CD ROM)
June 4-6, 2006 – Pittsburgh, PA, US
- Use Of Modeled Plant Production Data to Improve Transmission Planning
North American Wind Power
May 2006
- Wind Resource Assessment Approaches to Reducing Energy Prediction Uncertainty
North American Wind Power
February 2006
- The Use of Reanalysis Data for Climate Adjustments
Research Note
Issue No. 1: January 2006
- An Analysis of Wind Resource Uncertainty in Energy Production Estimates
European Wind Energy Conference
November 22-25, 2004
- Comparing SiteWind with Standard Models for Energy Output Estimation
European Wind Energy Conference
November 22-25, 2004
- Development of Atmospheric Profiling and Modeling for Offshore Wind
North American Wind Power
October 2005
- Maximizing the Accuracy of Sodar for Wind Energy Resource Assessment
AWEA Windpower Conference
May 2005 – Denver, CO, USA
- Atmospheric Modeling for Wind Mapping and Forecasting
North American Wind Power
February 2005
- Roughness Lengths in Complex Terrain Derived from Sodar Wind Profiles
American Meteorological Society 16th conference on Boundary Layers and Turbulence August
2004 – Portland, ME, USA
- Technology Advances in Site Assessment
North American Wind Power
March 2004
- Sodar for Wind Energy Resource Assessment
AWEA Windpower Conference
May 2002 – Portland, OR, USA