Siemens Energy has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to conduct atmospheric modeling research that is expected to help operators and owners operate wind farms more efficiently, while providing more power to power grids.
Under the CRADA that will span two years, Livermore will provide
high-resolution, numerical weather prediction models to forecast power
generated by the wind. Siemens will translate Livermore's forecasts of
wind speed and wind direction at each turbine into power collected.
Many U.S. wind parks are yielding up to 20 per cent less energy than
predicted because of uncertain forecasts. More accurate wind
predictions will enable wind farm operators and owners to know hours or
days ahead of time how wind conditions will affect power generation.
