Wind Resource Assessment

Featuring case studies for offshore and onshore wind projects

International Conference Wind Resource Assessment Gain insight from wind turbine manufacturers, wind park owners and international wind energy institutions from 6 countries 21 – 23 October 2013 | Swissôtel Bremen, Germany

Contributions from the following • Improve the understanding of wakes inside and between wind farms to achieve efficient companies: design and financial analysis of offshore wind projects

• Explore offshore meteorology for determination of external design conditions, resource assessment and short-term forecasting to improve project cost-efficiency

• Discuss solutions in wind resource assessment to be ahead in current research trends

• Learn about state-of-the-art in flow models, including their performance in complex terrain such as cold climate and forests to ensure investor confidence

• Explore mesoscale modelling and remote sensing technologies for the effective evaluation of wind resource climatic variability

Keynote speakers: Conference Chairman:

Frank Klintø, Dr. Jake Badger Specialist, Wind & Site Engineer, Senior Researcher, Global Wind & Site Competence Center, DTU Wind Energy, Suzlon, Denmark Technical University of Denmark David Hilbert, Advanced Flow Modelling, Wind & Site Engineering, REpower Systems SE, Germany Stephen Tordoff, Business Development, Wind Resources Manager, Nuria Sal de Rellán Álvarez, Falck Renewables Wind Ltd, UK Wind Analyst, Wind Yield Assessment, E.ON Climate & Renewables, Spain Yavor Hristov, PhD, CFD group manager, Plant Ronald Schauenburg, Performance & Modelling, Wind & Site Assessment Engineer, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Nordex Energy GmbH, Germany Denmark

Interactive Workshop Day | Wednesday, 23 October 2013

A | Remote sensing applications for wind resource assessment B | Wind resource assessment in complex terrain and cold climates C | Implementation of CFD modelling into wind resource assessment D | Mesoscale meteorological models for offshore wind resource assessment

Dear Colleague,

Are cost-efficiency and accuracy in wind resource assessment key challenges confronting your business?

Are you interested in exploring current research trends and solutions in the effective estimation of energy production from a wind farm?

Do you want to understand the limitations of existing technologies and the future outlook with a targeted group of leading wind turbine manufacturers, wind park owners and international wind energy research institutes?

It gives me great pleasure to introduce the conference Wind Resource Assessment. This leading international event, will feature innovative case studies for efficient design and financial analysis of offshore and onshore wind projects.

Share your expertise with leading experts from Suzlon, REpower Systems SE, E.ON Climate and Renewables, NORDEX, EDPR, Vestas Wind Systems A/A, Falck Renewables Wind Ltd, Polat Enerji San. Ve Tic. A.S. among others at one conference!

I look forward to meeting you in Bremen!

Kind Regards

Maria Nikolopoulou Project Manager

Who will you meet:

Industry: Departments: • Wind farm operators • Wind resource analysis • Wind turbine manufacturers • Wind yield assessment • Utilities • Wind engineering • Associations and research institutes for wind power • Meteorology • Solution providers of wind resource analysis, suppliers of wind sensors, • Wind and site assessment modelling software, investment companies • Plant performance & modelling

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09:00 Registration and coffee • Evaluated at six sites, with more than seven years of data • Evaluated using synthetic re-analysis and meso-scale data 09:30 Welcome & opening address by • Pearson coefficient between calculated and estimated uncertainties above 0.8 Dr. Jake Badger, Frank Klintø, Senior Researcher, Specialist, Wind & Site Engineer, Global Wind & Site DTU Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark Competence Center, Suzlon, Denmark Modelling approaches to wind resource assessment for accu- 15:00 Gaps in wind data racy in estimations • Comparison of different gap periods • Comparison of different MCP techniques to fill data gaps 09:40 Recent and future developments in numerical wind atlases • Comparison of different reference data to fill data gaps • Short background on mesoscale modelling for numerical • Effects on final energy production wind atlas calculation Hale Erkoc, • Validating numerical wind atlases and determining Head of Department, uncertainty Wind Measurement and Assessment • New features of numerical wind atlases; variability, Polat Enerji San. Ve Tic. A.S., Turkey extremes, gusts, icing • Wind farm wake modelling: incorporating microscale 15:40 Refreshment break and networking wake models in mesoscale models • Global perspectives on wind resource and impact of Power curve performance issues for improving wind farm climate change production estimates Dr. Jake Badger, Senior Researcher, 16:10 Potential pitfalls and profits in power curve DTU Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark performance • Why should we validate power curve performance 10:20 Speed networking and business cards exchange • Technical confirmation of legal definition Get connected to most of the other delegates in short one • Planning and implementation to one meetings. • The opportunity cost Share your professional background, discuss your business • Data application issues briefly and find out who you have to catch up with Stephen Tordoff, during the conference or afterwards Business Development, Wind Resources Manager, Don´t forget your business cards! Falck Renewables Wind Ltd, UK

11:00 Refreshment break and networking 16:50 Speaker´s corner: Application of mesoscale analysis 11:30 Windfall or shortfall? versus meteorological mast • Quantifying risks associated with using poor quality wind • Pro and contra of each approach data • Impact on atmospheric stability • Explanation of Met Office approach to developing site • Impact on wake losses for wind power production specific, long term wind climatology and comparing this • Trustworthiness and limitations of mesoscale analysis with traditional assessment techniques • Verification of Met Office approach using real site data • Using higher resolution models and varying periods of 17:30 Closing remarks by Dr. Jake Badger and site mast data to reduce uncertainty end of conference day one • Recommended approach for small and medium wind projects 18:00 Join us for an informal evening get-together! • Summary of benefits to all stakeholders This is an excellent opportunity for you to meet the • Ongoing research and development - next steps other attendees and to make new business contacts. Stephen Norman, Senior Wind energy Consultant, Renewables Met Office, UK What’s in your Infocenter? The purpose of the Infocenter is to provide you with relevant con- 12:10 Virtual Meteorological Mast – Further option for wind tent to enhance your knowledge of current trends and industry resource analysis • General thoughts and use of VMM news. All content is 100% complimentary, easy to download, and • Reanalysis datasets and prediction models current. • Performance of global weather datasets Featuring live podcast interviews which you can stream on your • VMM and the long term correction of wind measurements computer or portable device, up-to-date news from local and Nuria Sal de Rellán Álvarez, Wind Analyst, Wind Yield Assessment, international sources, industry whitepapers, and other relevant E.ON Climate & Renewables, Spain content – the download center is your online portal to expand your knowledge and add value to your business. 12:50 Networking luncheon We encourage your feedback and participation, for all comments or enquiries please contact us on +49 (0)30 20 91 32 74 or Improving long term climate estimates [email protected].

14:20 Long term correction, uncertainty estimator • Long term correction uncertainty estimator • Input is wind speed index, wind speed variability, Get free white papers, articles and much more! correlation coefficient and the length of the www.wind-resource-assessment.com/MM measurement period at the site

08:00 Registration and coffee 12:30 Networking luncheon

08:30 Welcome and opening address by Consideration of specific conditions for effective evaluation of wind energy yield Dr. Jake Badger, Senior Researcher, 14:00 Wind resource adjustment under non-standard DTU Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark operational conditions • Wind resource techniques; sources of uncertainty for Advanced remote sensing applications for wind resource standard wind conditions. assessment • Measurement constraints. • Wind turbine performance 08:40 Offshore wind measurements – with a focus on Lidar • Unavailability and curtailment assumptions technology • Site specific conditions • Discussion of the challenges related to offshore wind Ignacio Láinez, resource assessment Director Energy Assessment, • Introduction of floating Lidar technology for the offshore EDPR, Spain wind industry • Different current realizations of floating Lidar devices (market overview) Wind resource assessment by predetermining the layout of • Evaluation of floating Lidar performance (with regard to wind farms available recommended practices for onshore Lidar applications) 14:40 Wind resource assessment: offshore wind farms wake • Cost-benefit study for different offshore wind effects estimation using mesoscale models measurement approaches • Wind resource assessment with mesoscale models Dr. Julia Gottschall, • Long term NWP model simulation Senior Scientist, Wind Farm Planning and Operation, • Simulating offshore wind farm wakes Fraunhofer IWES, Germany • Wake effects on wind resource assessment • Validation Sergio Lozano Galiana, Wind resource assessment and tools for complex terrains Meteorologist, Wind Energy Department, National Renewable Energy Center (CENER), Spain 09:20 CFD for WEC suitability assessment • The value of CFD – and its limitations 15:20 Refreshment break and networking • Application challenges

• Practical experience + validation 15:50 Validation of CFD wind resource mapping based on • Future development performance data from operational wind farms David Hilbert, Advanced Flow Modeling, Wind & Site Engineering, • VestasFoam- in-house developed CFD package based on REpower Systems SE, Germany OpenFOAM • Resource file generation based on CFD results scaled 10:00 Refreshment break and networking to multiple met mast measurements data long term corrected to Vestas 13 years mesoscale model data 10:30 Selection of the most suitable CFD software • Extraction and filtering of WTG production data • Selection of testing projects • CFD vs. linear model predictions • Input data • CFD vs. real data predictions • Compare the outputs Yavor Hristov, • Selection of the most suitable CFD software PhD, CFD group manager, Plant Performance & Modeling, Federico Focaia, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Denmark Wind Analyst, E.ON Climate & Renewables Italia S.r.l., Italy 16:30 U-Drive: Create your own agenda! Nominate the subject 11:10 Step by step wind resource assessment process in a you would love to hear about and if there is consensus complex terrain from your peer group we will endeavor to find an expert to • Filtering address it, failing that we will moderate a group discussion • Vertical extrapolation on the topic in question • Long term correlation • Gross Energy estimation • Uncertainties 17:10 Closing remarks by Dr. Jake Badger and Elena Cantero, end of conference day two. Wind Resource Assessment Expert, National Renewable Energy Center (CENER), Spain

11:50 Back analysis of a complex near shore site in Northern Europe • Subject is a near shore site in complex terrain. • Reevaluation of site suitability assessment after the wind farm has become operational: For further information • normal wind conditions • extreme wind conditions please visit our website • Modeling of extreme wind events www.wind-resource-assessment.com/MM • Back analysis of wind resource and AEP or contact us on +49 (0)30 20 91 32 74 or email [email protected] Ronald Schauenburg, Wind & Site Assessment Engineer, Nordex Energy GmbH, Germany

08:30 Registration and coffee

10:30 Refreshment break & networking

A | 09:00 – 12:00 B | 09:00 – 12:00

Remote sensing applications for wind resource assessment Wind resource assessment in complex terrain and cold climate

The workshop comprises amongst others the following sub-topics: Clear methodology in each step of wind resource assessment is an • Overview of remote sensing technologies for application in the increasing need, especially in complex terrain and cold climates. wind industry • Available recommended practice documents and standardisation This workshop is designed to share experiences and discuss: • Application of Lidar technology for wind resource assessment (onshore and offshore) with case study • The current state of guidelines, rules and standards • Focus on complex (hilly and forested) terrain • Ways to reduce uncertainties • Lidars for offshore wind resource assessment • Innovative tools in wind resource assessment in complex terrain (fixed and floating platforms) and cold climate

Dr. Julia Gottschall, Participants will have the opportunity to share their own experience in Senior Scientist, Wind Farm Planning and Operation, this field, and follow up on the key topics of the conference discussions. Fraunhofer IWES, Germany

Tobias Klaas, Elena Cantero, Research Fellow, Wind Farm Planning and Operation, Wind Resource Assessment Expert, Fraunhofer IWES, Germany National Renewable Energy Center (CENER), Spain

12:00 Networking lucheon

14:30 Refreshment break & networking

C | 13:00 – 16:00 D | 13:00 – 16:00

Implementation of CFD for wind resource assessment Mesoscale meteorological models for offshore wind resource assessment This workshop will elaborate on the presentation on CFD for wind resource assessment and will provide an opportunity for more in-depth • Examining spatial variation across the site learning and discussion. The goal is to enable and stimulate an exchange • Nearshore versus offshore of experience on the following aspects: • Using virtual data to determine optimal position of real masts • Available CFD tools and their performance • Value of virtual data versus mast data in calculating final wind climatology • Methods for quality control • Understanding wind and wave interaction regarding site access • Limitations and how to respect them

David Hilbert, Stephen Norman, Advanced Flow Modelling, Wind & Site Engineering, Senior Wind energy Consultant, REpower Systems SE, Germany Renewables Met Office, UK

16:00 End of workshop day

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