Computational Renewables

Forecasting

• Computational tool development for delivering highly-accurate and reliable forecasting services for wind farm owner/operators, energy traders, regulators, utilities and electrical grid operators;
  
• Computational tool development for forecasting evaluation and improvement;
  
• Computational tool development for producing monthly forecast performance reports and reconciliations;
  
• Computational tool development for producing daily meteorological summaries for wind plant operations;
  
• Computational tool development for researching and developing new modeling methods with mesoscale and statistical models; and
  
• Computational tool development for meeting with clients and presenting research at industry workshops and conferences.

Operational assessments

• Computational tool development for SCADA Management
  
• Computational tool development for Energy Assessment (Wind Farm vs. By Turbine)
  
• Computational tool development for Wind Farm Monitoring and Diagnostics
  
• Computational tool development for Production Forecasting
  

Power Performance Test

• Computational tool development for interpreting power curve warranty requirements and implications for tests
  
• Computational tool development to specify met equipment and installation configurations
  
• Computational tool development for inspecting project sites and install measurement equipment
  
• Computational tool development for analyzing wind and other climatic data
  
• Computational tool development for conducting statistical uncertainty analyses
  
• Computational tool development for analyzing waked sectors and terrain
  
• Computational tool development for conducting site calibration analyses
  
• Computational tool development for conducting power curve testing analyses
  

Wind Farm Design Tools

• Computational process development for extreme wind speeds , ambient and wake induced turbulence intensity, wind shear and temperature range.
  
• Computational tools for configuring and optimization of wind farm layouts while factoring-in site-specific constraints and wind resource characteristics;
  
• Computational tools for supporting project developers in the design and optimization of layouts for marine energy farms.