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4TH ANNUAL WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT FORUM

21 & 22 April 2015 | Etc. Venues, London, UK

The latest wind and site assessment approaches to improve accuracy and enhance AEP

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z The application of CFD and mesoscale modelling methodologies to increase accuracy

z The latest developments in atmospheric stability and wake modelling in order to obtain a more accurate loss estimation

z Examining trends in turbine performance for enhanced AEP

z Using reanalysis to calculate accurate wind speed prediction and energy yield estimations

z How to capitalise on remote sensing devices and how this technology compares to traditional industry tools

Expert speaker line-up includes:The industry’s flagship forum will feature the most pressing issues and crucial topics such as:

Marilia Giannakopoulou R&D Wind Resource Engineer

EDF

Christopher Rodaway Onshore CFD Analyst

SSE

David Hilbert Wind And Site Engineering And

Advanced Flow Modelling Senvion

Line Gulstad Director Plant Siting And

Forecasting Vestas

Frank Klintø Head Wind And Site Competence Centre

Suzlon

Alejandro Abascal Head of Section - Lead Wind

Energy Meteorologist Iberdrola

Måns Håkansson Meteorologist And

Wind Analyst Statkraft

Sonia España Wind Engineer Alstom Power

John Slater Technology Interface Manager

RWE

Register now at www.windresourceassessmentforum.com

Don’t miss the Wind Resource Assessment In Forestry And Complex Terrains Pre-Forum Workshop on 20 April 2015

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The Latest Wind And Site Assessment Approaches To Improve Accuracy And Enhance AEP

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Demonstrating The Benefits Of Developing Wind Farms In Forested And Complex Terrains

Pre-Forum Workshop: Monday 20 April 2015

This half-day workshop will focus exclusively on the challenges associated with forestry and complex terrains and will allow you to pose questions to industry experts in a relaxed and practical environment.

13:00 Registration And Morning Refreshments

13:30 Opening Remarks

13:45 Validation Of LES Modelling On Very Complex Terrains

14:30 Study And Mitigation Of High Wind Shear Effects Over Operating Turbines In Complex Sites

15:15 Networking Break And Afternoon Refreshments

15:45 How To Measure Power Curves In Complex Terrains For An Accurate AEP Estimation

16:30 Methods To Improve Accuracy When Calculating The Energy Yield In Forested Areas

17:15 Takeaway Question And Answer Session

17:30 Close Of Workshop

Featuring:

Antonio Angulo Macías Principal Engineer Meteorology And Complex Modelling Alstom

Wind Resource Assessment In Forestry And Complex Terrains

"A comprehensive survey of the current state of art in resource assessment."

Manager, Mesoscale Modelling Met Office

"An informative and interesting event worth visiting by anybody working with wind and site assessment."

Wind Analyst Statoil

"Very useful update on the latest trends in the industry."

Energy And Site Assessment Technician

Acciona Energia

"Selection of high-competence speakers and well-sorted range of topics - useful."

Sales Manager

Windar Photonics

"An excellent opportunity to mix up networking and the state of the art in wind energy."

Project Engineer Casa dos Ventos Energias Renováveis

"Great event with heaps of interesting talk. Very valuable for a day off work."

Head of Fluid Dynamics Enercon

Testimonials For Wind Resource Assessment Forum


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Forum Day 1: Tuesday 21 April 2015


09:00 Chair’s Opening Remarks Matthew Meyers, Head Of Wind Yield Assessment, E.ON

Coupling Techniques And Advanced Modelling Methodologies

09:15 Modelling Methodologies To Increase Accuracy And Limit Uncertainty g What steps should be taken to improve the accuracy of offshore mesoscale

models? g Coupling mesoscale and CFD models for determining more applicable wind

flow data offshore g Examination of a framework used for the categorisation of uncertainties and

losses for wind resource and energy assessments g The effects of increased precision for modelling, and the impact this has on

uncertainty estimates Marilia Giannakopoulou, R&D Wind Resource Engineer, EDF

09:45 Coupling TLP, Met Mast And LiDAR Technologies For Wind Measurement Optimisation

g Applying TLP technology from the Oil and Gas Industry g How can you use met mast and LiDAR methodology to its full potential? g Technology demonstration and validation g Assessing the benefits of working in combination with floating LiDAR Antonios Peppas, Director, Floatmast

10:15 Networking Break And Morning Refreshments

Developments In Atmospheric Stability And Wake Modelling

10:45 Strategies To Correct Stability And Overcome Turbulence Issues g Including atmospheric stability in simulations to better represent the

atmosphere g How to improve accuracy and optimise methods for collecting data g What is best practice when classifying wind climates through atmospheric

stability? Senior Representative, ECN

11:15 Combining Wake Modelling With CFD For A More Accurate Loss Estimation When Assessing Complex Terrains

g The importance of testing wake modelling to increase the accuracy of wake predictions

g The effect of atmospheric stability on wake loss estimations g Overcoming the complexity of wake model evaluation due to unavailable

measurements Christopher Rodaway, Onshore CFD Analyst, SSE

11:45 How To Deal With Turbulence Issues And Atmospheric Stability At Offshore Sites

g Efficiently dealing with power performance, impact on turbine loads, fatigue, wake effects and noise propagation

g What methods can be used to ensure accurate measurements of turbine power performance?

g How to create more accurate power production estimates by combining site observations with turbine manufacturer power curves for different turbulence levels

12:15 Networking Lunch

13:15 Using Remote Sensing To Assess Turbulence And Enhance Accuracy g Comparing performance to measurement masts g Determining accuracy and range of uncertainty g Assessing applicability in everyday usage David Hilbert, Wind And Site Engineering And Advanced Flow Modelling, Senvion

Turbine Performance And Impact On AEP

13:45 Enhancing The Results Of CFD Wind Flow Modelling By Examining Trends In Cross-Site Turbine Performance

g How to assess and identify wind flow risks and opportunities g The role of performance data in CFD model development, test and verification g Turning CFD model results into business value Line Gulstad, Director Plant Siting And Forecasting, Vestas

14:15 Maximising The Use Of Power Curves And Rotor Equivalent Wind Speeds For Improved Energy Yield Estimations

g Measuring power curves over the whole rotor area by following IEC guidelines g Estimating the AEP of single turbines in order to improve repeatability between

sites g Improving performance of existing turbines through the use of equivalent wind

speed power curve g How to apply simple adjustments to the turbine operating behaviour


Forestry And Complex Terrains

15:15 Getting The Most Out Of Scanning LiDAR In Forestry g What can be achieved through use of scanning LiDAR in forestry? g Validating CFD wind flow models with 2D measurements g Understanding the improvements gained through forestry management Roy Spence, Senior Renewable Energy Consultant, Sgurr Energy

15:45 What Steps Can Be Taken To Improve Wind Resource Assessments In Complex Terrains?

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g What are the current limitations when dealing with mountains, forests and rough surfaces?

g How can you demonstrate the benefits of developing wind farms on complex terrains to your investors?

g The latest technology improvements in wind speed prediction for individual turbines operating in complex terrains

Panellists Include: Frank Klintø, Head Wind And Site Competence Centre, Suzlon Alejandro Abascal, Head Of Section - Lead Wind Energy Meteorologist, Iberdrola Måns Håkansson, Meteorologist And Wind Analyst, Statkraft

17:00 Chair’s Closing Remarks

17:15 End Of Day 1

18:00 Drinks Reception Followed By Networking Dinner


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Forum Day 2: Wednesday 22 April 2015


09:00 Chair’s Opening Remarks Matthew Meyers, Head Of Wind Yield Assessment, E.ON

Operational Wind Resource Assessment And Performance Reanalysis

09:15 Coupling Reanalysis Data And Mesoscale Models For The Estimation Of Offshore Wind Resource

g Using power curves to assess how the turbine will extract energy at a specific site

g Analysing stability and wind shear in order to acquire detailed measurements and calculate loss

g Methods for accurate energy yield predictions Simon Watson, Professor Of Wind Energy, Loughborough University

09:45 Merging Pre-Investment Estimates And Post-Construction Observations To Optimise Operational Assessments And AEP

g Analysing wind conditions which may potentially cause a negative impact post-construction

g Detecting adverse wind conditions in pre-construction and promptly identifying the causes

g How to deal with discrepancies and account for them during financial reconciliation in post-construction

Andrea Nina Eugster, Wind Analyst, Statoil

10:15 Networking Break And Morning Refreshments

10:45 Using Reanalysis To Calculate Accurate Wind Speed Prediction And Reduce Uncertainty

g How does the accuracy level of wind speed predictions affect AEP? g Applying reanalysis data to calculate long-term corrections g Verification of the reliability of reanalysis data Sonia España, Wind Engineer, Alstom Power

11:15 What is The Best Method For Identifying Inconsistencies In Reanalysis Models?

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g What parameters should be taken into account to identify inconsistencies? g Comparing different methods and assessing pros and cons g How to resolve inconsistencies and produce more accurate results

Panellists Include: Sonia España, Wind Engineer, Alstom Power Line Gulstad, Director Plant Siting And Forecasting, Vestas

12:15 Networking Lunch

Site And Energy Assessment Through Remote Sensing Devices

13:15 The Path To Stage 3 On The OWA Floating LiDAR (FLD) Roadmap g How to build a significant body of FLD validation evidence g The use of turbulence intensity measurements from FLD g Other future commercial benefits gained from the deployment of FLD to a

developing and/or operating wind farm Megan Smith, Associate - Innovation, The Carbon Trust

13:45 Assessing The Benefits Of Adopting Offshore Floating LiDAR g Implementing LiDAR as a substitute for offshore met masts: What are the

advantages? g Examining the factors affecting the uncertainty of floating LiDAR and solutions

to counteract them g A cost benefit analysis of using LiDAR technology in comparison to traditional

industry tools John Slater, Technology Interface Manager, RWE

14:15 Comparing Nacelle Mounted LiDARs And Met Masts When Measuring Power Curves

g What are the error margins for each method? g What additional steps can be taken to improve measurement flexibility and

ensure higher accuracy? Andrea Vignaroli, Development Engineer, DTU


Long-Term Wind Resource Assessment

15:15 Long-Term Correction: An Uncertainty Model For Recommending Data Set And Correlation Method

g Model set up based on long-term data from 8 globally spread masts g Recommending dataset and correlation methods g Estimating the long-term correction impact on energy production uncertainty g Four drivers used as input for the model Frank Klintø, Head Wind And Site Competence Centre, Suzlon

15:45 Improving Long-Term Onshore Wind Resource Estimates Through Physical And Statistical Downscaling Of NWP Data

g The impact of NWP quality on wind resource estimates g The advantages and limitations of physical downscaling models for onshore

wind resource estimates g How supervised machine learning techniques can be used to identify and

correct systematic biases in wind resource estimates, particularly over complex terrain

g Combining NWP output with machine learning techniques to improve the accuracy of wind speed distributions

Tom Dunstan, Boundary Layer And Surface Scientist, The Met Office

16:15 Identifying The Properties Of Bankable Wind Resource Assessment Projects

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g Determining production value for accurate financial and investment decisions g Collecting an adequate amount of solid data to boost the chance of your

investment g How can we balance uncertainty and project feasibility?

17:15 Chair’s Closing Remarks

17:30 End Of Forum

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g The latest advancements on coupling techniques g A half-day workshop on forestry and complex terrains g The most up-to-date developments in stability and wake

modelling g Benefit analysis of using LIDARs for resource assessment

and business cases g Assessing the impact of turbine performance on AEPg The business value of operational wind resource assessment

and performance reanalysis

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