This presentation describes the tools, techniques, and processes required to perform cost-effective residential wind resource assessments that can accurately set a homeowner's expectations of performance and lead to a good investment decision. Wind resource assessments can provide a detailed understanding of the wind resource available, the prevailing ...
The mistake is often made of collecting measurement data over a short period (3-18 months), and then assuming the data represent mean conditions. In truth, measured on-site data are at best a random snapshot without any long-term historical context. For data records less than one year in length, the ...
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Solar energy has great potential for use in generation of electricity and as with all weather-driven sources of renewable energy, it is vital to understand the resource. This paper describes the approach that has been taken by 3TIER to generate high-resolution solar information. To date this work has been ...
An article on the advantages of accurate wind forecasts and the future challenges that utility wind power forecasting will face.
The FirstLook global wind dataset is the first high-resolution, methodologically consistent wind resource assessment of global extent. Computer simulations using a mesoscale numerical weather prediction model form the basis of the dataset. The dataset contains hourly values over a 10-year period, on a 2-arc-minute (approximately 5 km) resolution grid covering ...
