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FORECASTING

Track: GRIDS
Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 14:00 - 15:30

Room K11

Chairs:
Hannele Holtinnen, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland
Colin Morgan, Garrad Hassan, United Kingdom

Session description

Energy and power management of large offshore wind power plants will be a challenge for the companies and system operators involved. An accurate wind production forecast, together with uncertainty measures, will be needed. Offshore wind resources differ from those onshore. Issues such as the lack of knowledge regarding meteorological phenomena at sea and the weakness of the existing meteorological network are significant problems. This session will present forecasting techniques and models required to address the challenges of offshore wind power production. How much does the task of forecasting differ offshore from onshore, and how far can we rely on the existing techniques?

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EXPERIENCES WITH WIND POWER FORECAST IN EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA 
Ulrich Focken, Energy & Meteo Systems GmbH, Germany  
BG3.1 
FORECASTING OFFSHORE WIND POWER IN PORTUGAL 
Ana Trancoso, Technical Superior Institute, Portugal  
BG3.2 
DEVELOPMENT OF AN OFFSHORE-SPECIFIC WIND POWER FORECASTING MODEL BASED ON ENSEMBLE WEATHER PREDICTION AND WAVE PARAMETERS  
Ümit Cali, EnBW Renewables GmbH, Germany  
BG3.3 
ENSEMBLE PREDICTIONS AND NOWCASTING OF OFFSHORE WIND POWER PRODUCTION 
Jens Tambke, ForWind - Center for Wind Energy Research, Germany  
BG3.4 
MODELLING AND FORECASTING OF WIND POWER FLUCTUATIONS AT LARGE OFFSHORE WIND FARMS 
Pierre-Julien Trombe, Technical University of Denmark  
BG3.5