SafeWind Wind power forecasting for extreme situations
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SafeWindWind power forecasting for extreme situationsGeorge KariniotakisPh.D, Head of Renewable Energies GroupMINES-ParisTech/[email protected]
EWEC 2009 – Marseille, France
Context – Research in Wind Power Forecasting
Meteorology
Wind power forecasting technology
Wind power forecasting technology
Operational decision making
• Latest European Projects
ANEMOS : FP5, 2002-2006
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Context – Research in Wind Power Forecasting
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Meteorology
Wind power forecasting technology
Wind power forecasting technology
Operational decision making
• Latest European Projects
ANEMOS : FP5, 2002-2006
ANEMOS.plus
ANEMOS.plus : FP6, 2008-2011
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Context – Research in Wind Power Forecasting
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Meteorology
Wind power forecasting technology
Wind power forecasting technology
Operational decision making
• Latest European Projects
ANEMOS : FP5, 2002-2006
ANEMOS.plus : FP6, 2008-2011
SafeWind
SAFEWIND : FP6, 2008-2012
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The SafeWind Consortium
9 countries,22 partners
2008-2012
End-users (8)
Universities (6)
Research (5)
Meteorologists (2)
SMEs (2)
Coordination ARMINES/
Mines ParisTech
SafeWind objectives
First step : Definition & identification of extremes :– Extreme meteorological events
• High wind speeds (cut-off events)
• Thunderstorms
• Consider regional effects
– Extreme forecasting errors
– Extreme small scale events (Remote Sensing)
– Errors with an extremely high impact in the grid management or market participation.• Costs (Balancing, intraday markets)
• Grid congestion
• Connector capacity
• Coincidence with load, ramping capabilites
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Example: low pressure took path further to the South
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SafeWind objectives
Improve wind predictability with focus on extremes :
• at various temporal scales – Very short-term (order of 5 min)– Short term (hours to days)– Longer term (beyond few days ahead)
• at various spatial scales :– local scale: Extreme gusts or shears.
– regional scale: Extreme events (like thunderstorms) can cause the loss of significant amounts of wind energy with potential impact on the grid management.
– continental (European) scale: Extreme weather situations (like fronts) can propagate causing impacts in different member states.
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SafeWind objectives
• Models for "alarming": very short-term (0-6 h).
- Develop methods to adequately monitor and assess the wind energy weather situation over Europe in order to detect severe deviations in the wind power forecast due to extreme events.
- React on such deviations by issuing suitable alerts to users that a forecast error is occurring.
- Produce improved updates of the prediction in the short-term
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SafeWind objectives
• Models for "warning": providing information for the level of predictability in the medium-term (next day(s)).
– Such tools, based on ensemble weather forecasts and weather pattern identification, can be used to moderate risks in decision making procedures related to market participation, reserves estimation etc.
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SafeWind objectives• Develop a "European vision" for wind power forecasting
– Prepare the way for the coordinated management of 100+ GW wind generation at European Scale .
i.e. Data from Synoptic Stations in Europe
Creation of a Data Information System for centralising information useful for• large scale forecasting and• continously monitor "energy weather" over Europe
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SafeWind objectives
• Develop research in meteorology oriented to wind forecasting.
– Improve ensemble forecasts (wind & wind power) (i.e. ECMWF’s Ensemble Prediction System (EPS))
– Evaluate various EPS configurations
– Produce optimally combined forecast products
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SafeWind objectives• Link resource assessment to wind predictability.
• Analyse how new measurement technologies like Lidars can be beneficial for better evaluation of external conditions, resource assessment and forecasting purposes.
Planned measurement campaigns at flat (DK) and complex (ES) terrains
Høvsøre Large Wind Turbine Test Facility
SafeWind objectives
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SafeWind objectives• Develop research in meteorology orientated to wind forecasting.
• Link resource assessment to wind predictability.
• Analyse how new measurement technologies like Lidars can be beneficial for better evaluation of external conditions, resource assessment and forecasting purposes.
• Demonstrate the operational benefits from new models.
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Conclusions• The SafeWind project develops synergies among different disciplines and actors to improve actual wind power forecasting technology;
• The work methodology is designed to enable quick transfer of results for operational use by industrial stakeholders.
• Expected impact :– Economy :
• Increased competitiveness of wind energy in markets• Reduced project risk due to better site selection
– Technology :• New or improved software tools• Better "operational" decision making for wind energy management• Maintain excellence of European R&D in the field
www.safewind.eu
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