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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"wind resource"”.
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Numerical Wind Resource Assessment in Urban Environments
… which the specific location for mounting micro wind turbines in urban environments is determined. It can be used as a guidance on how to model an area of interest, find the optimum location for micro wind turbines installation and calculate the annual energy production, commenting on the …
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California Polytechnic State University Wind Resource Assessment
<p>Wind resource assessment at California Polytechnic State University shows there is potential for wind power generation on Cal Poly land. A computational fluid dynamics model based on wind data collected from a campus maintained meteorological tower on Escuela Ranch approximately 5 miles …
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Wind in the Upper Midwest: Assessing Wind Resource Variability and Representation in Reanalyses
Wind has become an important element of climate for consideration due to the its growing presence as a renewable source of energy. Variations in wind create uncertainty which adversely impacts investment and planning decisions and can lead to structural damage to equipment when extreme events occur …
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Economic and technical impacts of wind variability and intermittency on long-term generation expansion planning in the U.S
… under climate policy. Large-scale deployment of wind power has emerged as one key driver of the shift from conventional fossil-fuels to renewable sources. However, technical and economic concerns are arising about the integration of variable and intermittent electricity generation technologies …
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Improving numerical simulation methods for the assessment of wind source availability and related power production for wind farms over complex terrain
… approaches to improve the estimation of the wind resource availability and the related power production for Italian wind farms in complex terrain. The wind farms, operated by the company AGSM S.p.A., are located in two different geographical contexts: Rivoli Veronese and Affi are at the inlet …
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Capability of Zambian industries to manufacture grid-scale wind turbine blades and towers.
… has led to the inception of grid-scale wind power feasibility studies at ten sites distributed around the country. These feasibility studies were aimed at establishing the availability of the wind resource for grid-scale power generation. This will lead to the development of the wind …
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Wind energy generation and forecasts: a case study of Darling and Vredenburg sites
This research study presents the wind resource assessment at two potential onshore wind sites at the Western Cape of South Africa for small and large scale wind energy generation. It is anticipated that by virtue of the enormous wind resources prevalent along the South Africa West Coast, it is …
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Simulating Sea Breeze Type Climatologies: Implications for Wind Energy, Weather Forecasting and Sailing in the Southern North Sea
… to rapidly construct a large number of offshore wind farms. To meet the targets, the industry must overcome many challenges, one of which is to capitalize on the coastal and offshore wind resource. One particular relative component of the sea breeze system, including the contrasting individual …
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Modelling the marine boundary layer for offshore wind power utilisation
For planning and operation of offshore wind farms a profound knowledge of the meteorological conditions is indispensable. This thesis is concerned with modelling the structure of the marine atmospheric boundary layer, with focus on effects, which are important for wind resource assessment. Data …
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Estabilidade atmosférica em projetos eólicos: estimativa bayesiana do comprimento de Monin Obukhov e simulação do escoamento atmosférico
… the reliability of the assessment of any wind energy project using only what is already standard for any wind project development. Bayesian estimates of atmospheric parameters using only average wind speed measurements of a cup anemometer and CFD simulations coupled with thermal equations …
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Analysis of MIT campus wind resources for future wind turbine installation
… potential, yet tends to be underrepresented, is wind energy. Following the previous wind resource analysis done by Richard Bates, Samantha Fox, Katherine McCusker, and Kathryn Pesce, I have expanded upon the suggestions made at the conclusion of their analysis. The Eastgate building on MIT's …
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A tall tower wind investigation of northwest Missouri
… forms of energy production. Six Tall Tower wind observation sites were studied in Northwestern Missouri in order to observe the wind resource available along with some interesting effects. A verification of existing wind maps for the State of Missouri has been performed to assist in the …
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Challenges and strategies for increasing adoption of small wind turbines in urban areas
… is currently working to install a Skystream 3.7 wind turbine on MIT's campus. This has raised several questions about how to best develop small wind projects in urban environments. The best wind resources in the country exist in relatively remote locations and require large investments in …
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Hydrogen storage of energy for small power supply systems
… of hydrogen-based power systems were analyzed: Wind-hydrogen systems and peak-shaving hydrogen systems. Modeling of base station requirements and alternative power supply system performance was carried out using MATLAB. Final results for potential alternative systems were compared to those for …
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Improving Predictability of Wind Power Generation
Wind energy plays an important role in decarbonizing the economy and increasingly accounts for a growing share of electricity supply in the United States. However, availability of wind resource is highly dependent on variable factors such as weather and local geographies, making wind power …
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An Analysis of Wind Power Plant Site Prospecting in the Central United States
Rapid deployment of terrestrial wind power plants (WPPs) is a function of accurate identification of areas suitable for WPPs. Efficient WPP site prospecting not only decreases installation lead time, but also reduces site selection expenses and provides faster reductions of greenhouse gas …
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The effectiveness of government policy and planning controls relating to wind energy
… is to examine Government renewable and wind energy policy, and then to analyse the planning controls which guide development.The specific objective of chapter 1 is to demonstrate that the Government's target for renewable and wind generated electricity output is unsatisfactory, in the …
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Challenges in the design of tension moored floating wind turbines
In order to harness the extensive offshore wind resource, both in Ireland and in many parts of the world with deep offshore seas, the deployment of wind turbines on floating structures is required. Tension moored floating wind turbines are one type of platform with potential to be used for such …
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Wind turbine condition monitoring based on SCADA data
Wind energy has an increasingly essential role in meeting electrical power demand and achieving environmental sustainability. The excellent offshore wind resource and the need to reduce carbon emissions from electricity generation are driving policy to increase offshore wind generation capacity in …
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