How meteorological expertise, state-of-the-art atmospheric models and advanced measurement methods can increase project value and reduce financial risk.

All wind project investments depend greatly on the uncertainty or risk in a project’s wind resource estimates. This is especially true of large wind projects at complex sites with steep terrain, varying thermal stability, mesoscale circulations and other challenging meteorological aspects. Such conditions are often misrepresented or missed in conventional models and measurement techniques.

Reducing uncertainty increases project value, and more accurately estimating the wind characteristics – including speed, direction, shear, turbulence, and inflow angle – across a complex site enables a more optimal plant design and turbine suitability assessment and helps close the unwanted gap between expected and actual energy production when a plant is built.

In this webinar by AWS Truepower, wind resource experts Dr. Michael Brower, Dr. Philippe Beaucage, and Matthew Filippelli will discuss case studies of actual wind projects in complex terrain and wind regimes, showing how an integrated approach combining meteorological expertise, advanced wind flow models, and remote sensing (sodar and lidar) can increase a project’s value and reduce risk.