Wind power generation and mesoscale systems

How does mesoscale weather phenomenology affect wind plant performance?

Atmospheric flow drives the structures in wind plants, thus forming the atmospheric energetics that we seek to harvest from the wind. Resolving this mesoscale weather phenomenology thus directly impacts wind plant performance. This complex problem requires coupling those mesoscale phenomena to the flow in the wind plant itself.

What is high-resolution mesoscale weather and wind farm modeling?

This technical brief provides an overview of high-resolution mesoscale or large-eddy (microscale) weather and wind farm modeling. We review its use as a powerful tool by ArcVera Renewables to help onshore and offshore wind energy projects be more successful in development and financing, and to perform better across their project lifetimes.

How accurate are wind power generation forecasts?

An accurate prediction of wind power generation is crucial for optimizing the integration of wind energy into the power grid, ensuring energy reliability. This research focuses on enhancing the accuracy of wind power generation forecasts by combining data from mesoscale and reanalysis models with Machine Learning (ML) approaches.

Why is a mesoscale wind flow map important?

Early in the development timeframe an accurate and high-resolution mesoscale wind flow map can reduce the total investment in meteorological measurement stations and landowner leases, due to more reliable land targeting for wind resource and more accurate and optimized early turbine array design.