DOE SBIR Phase II Final Technical Report - Assessing Climate Change Effects on Wind Energy

Technical Report · Wed Nov 05 04:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1163482· OSTI ID:1163482

Whiteman, Cameron ^[1]; Capps, Scott ^[2]

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1. Vertum Partners LP, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Vertum Partners LP
2. Vertum Partners LP, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Specialized Vertum Partners software tools were prototyped, tested and commercialized to allow wind energy stakeholders to assess the uncertainties of climate change on wind power production and distribution. This project resulted in three commercially proven products and a marketing tool. The first was a Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) based resource evaluation system. The second was a web-based service providing global 10m wind data from multiple sources to wind industry subscription customers. The third product addressed the needs of our utility clients looking at climate change effects on electricity distribution. For this we collaborated on the Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index (SAWTi), which was released publicly last quarter. Finally to promote these products and educate potential users we released “Gust or Bust”, a graphic-novel styled marketing publication.

• Research Organization: Vertum Partners LP, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Chicago CRA
• DOE Contract Number: SC0006465
• OSTI ID: 1163482
• Report Number(s): DOE-VERT--6465
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Atmospheric modeling
Business analysis
Business intelligence
Climate Change
Electricity distribution
Energy production
Fire prediction
Probability exceedance
Renewable energy
Uncertainty analysis
Wind Farm optimization
Wind power
Wind resource assessment
Wind turbine