February 2010 Windpower Operation Workshop Presentations
In response to requests from those attending the workshop, and as useful source of information for other interested industry participants, the slides from the individual workshop presentations are published below as separate files.
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Workshop Presentations
Introduction
Overview of the objectives of the workshop and the different presentation topics.
Forecasting So Far
The current installed and planned capacity of wind generation and its location, the problems of forecasting and the different approaches and techniques adopted, their pros and cons, information ...
Forecasting Near Future
The current capabilities of our forecasting system, areas for improvement, trials, new system capabilities and further future developments.
Forecasting Confidentiality
The benefits of sharing windfarm data, improving the quality of forecasts, obligations on providers, permissions and confidentiality agreements.
Chris Dent: National Grid Wind Forecasting
Chris Dent at Durham University looks at what’s different about renewables compared with conventional generation, ways of visualising the availability of renewable/wind resources, capacity ...
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