Comparison of and discrepancies between TMY and TMY2S predictions for simple photovoltaic and wind energy simulations

Conference · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:20030565

Massie, D D; Kreider, J F

A new typical meteorological year (TMY2s) data set has been derived from the 1961--1990 National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB). This paper compares PB and wind energy system simulation results using new TMY2s data with results using the original TMY data set. PB and aerogenerator simulations are compared in seven different climatic regions of the United States. Results indicate that PV simulations using TMY2s data provide higher energy values for cloudy regions where the clearness index is low and lower energy values for sunnier climates. TMY2s wind simulations produce lower energy predictions in nearly all cases tested.

• Research Organization: Military Academy, West Point, NY (US)
• OSTI ID: 20030565
• Resource Relation: Conference: Renewable and advanced energy systems for the 21st Century, Maui, HI (US), 04/11/1999--04/15/1999; Other Information: 1 CD-ROM. Operating system required: Windows i386, i486, Pentium or Pentium Pro, MS Windows 3.1, 95 or NT3.51; Macintosh, Power Macintosh with a 68020 or greater processor, System software version 7.1, 3.5 MB RAM; UNIX; PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Renewable and advanced energy systems for the 21st century, RAES'99: Proceedings, by Hogan, R.; Kim, Y.; Kleis, S.; O'Neal, D.; Tanaka, T. [eds.], [1125] pages.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
17 WIND ENERGY
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
WIND TURBINES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
METEOROLOGY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
PERFORMANCE