Ritter

Motivation
Methods and Data
Empirical Analysis
Outlook
Designing a Wind Index
for Assessing Wind Energy Potential
M. Ritter
Z. Shen
B. L´
opez Cabrera
L. Deckert
M. Odening
Humboldt-Universit¨
at zu Berlin
4initia
Energy Finance Workshop
May 7, 2014
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Motivation
Methods and Data
Empirical Analysis
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Contents
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Motivation
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Methods and Data
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Empirical Analysis
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Motivation
Methods and Data
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Wind Energy in Germany
Current Situation
Designing a Wind Index
Wind Energy in Germany
Source: DEWI
Situation
World’s third-largest producer of wind energy
8.2% of German energy production come from onshore wind energy
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Motivation
Methods and Data
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Wind Energy in Germany
Current Situation
Designing a Wind Index
Current Situation
Betreiber Datenbasis (BDB) Index
Used for planning wind farms and
compensation payments from the
EEG
Wind farms can report their
production data
Index depends on average
production in one region
Problems
Firms report voluntarily, numbers
not checked
Regions too large
Index changes with new firms
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Motivation
Methods and Data
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Wind Energy in Germany
Current Situation
Designing a Wind Index
Designing a Wind Index
Aim: Developing a wind index to measure the potential of wind power for
a wind farm
The wind index should fulfil the following criteria:
objective
transparent
reliable
reflect long-term wind potential
highly correlated to the actual wind production
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Methods and Data
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Framework
Data
Contents
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Motivation
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Methods and Data
Framework
Data
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Methods and Data
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Framework
Data
Framework
Wind Speed Data
Database
Production Data
Weather
Stations
Reanalysis
Data
Linear
Log Profile
Nearest
Neighbour
Four Nearest
Neighbours
Physical
Transformation
Statistical
Transformation
Vertical Extrapolation
Horizontal Interpolation
Convert Wind Speed
to Production
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Framework
Data
Data
MERRA
Modern-era retrospective analysis for research and applications
(MERRA)
NASA atmospheric reanalysis
Reconstruction of atmospheric state by integrating data from
different sources (conventional data, satellites)
(Rienecker et al., 2011; Gunturu/Schlosser, 2012)
Spatial resolution: 1/2◦ latitude × 2/3◦ longitude
Time resolution: Hourly, 1979–present
Wind speed in m/s at heights of 2M, 10M, 50M above ground
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lated these data starting
in 1948, as did ERA-40, starting
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and Data
Framework
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Framework
Data
Data
Weather stations
German Weather Service
(DWD)
Wind speed (in Bf) three times
per day (6, 12, 18)
64 free DWD stations since at
least 1996
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Data
Data
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Database: MERRA vs. Weather Station
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From Speed to Energy
Contents
Anhang
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Motivation
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Methods and Data
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Empirical Analysis
Database: MERRA vs. Weather Station
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From Speed to Energy
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Motivation
Methods and Data
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Database: MERRA vs. Weather Station
Extra-/Interpolation
From Speed to Energy
Extra-/Interpolation
Vertical extrapolation
Typical turbine height: 100M
Advantage of MERRA data: Wind speeds available at 2M, 10M,
50M above surface
→ Extrapolation
Linear
Log wind profile: Vz =
u∗
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log
(z−d) z0
Vz wind speed at height z, u∗ friction velocity, κ Von K´
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constant, d displacement height, z0 surface roughness
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Motivation
Methods and Data
Empirical Analysis
Outlook
Database: MERRA vs. Weather Station
Extra-/Interpolation
From Speed to Energy
Extra-/Interpolation
Vertical extrapolation
Typical turbine height: 100M
Advantage of MERRA data: Wind speeds available at 2M, 10M,
50M above surface
→ Extrapolation
Linear
Log wind profile: Vz =
u∗
κ
log
(z−d) z0
Vz wind speed at height z, u∗ friction velocity, κ Von K´
arm´
an
constant, d displacement height, z0 surface roughness
Horizontal interpolation
Weather stations: nearest neighbour
MERRA: combination of four nearest neighbours weighted by
horizontal distance
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Database: MERRA vs. Weather Station
Extra-/Interpolation
From Speed to Energy
From Speed to Energy: Physical Transformation
Wind power density:
1
ρ CP V 3
2
– ρ: air density
– CP : Betz limit
(=16/27)
– V : wind speed
at turbine height
4000
Energy production [MWh]
WPD =
WPD Production
Actual Production
3000
2000
1000
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2011
– Unit: W/m2
2012
Date
2013
MERRA
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From Speed to Energy
From Speed to Energy: Statistical Transformation I
Linear function: Production = a + b ∗ V + 1000
Energy production [MWh]
Energy production [MWh]
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MERRA wind speed [m/s]
MERRA Production
Actual Production
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2011
MERRA
DWD
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85.4783
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Database: MERRA vs. Weather Station
Extra-/Interpolation
From Speed to Energy
From Speed to Energy: Statistical Transformation II
Piecewise function: cubic with cut-in speed and rated power speed
1000
Energy production [MWh]
Energy production [MWh]
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MERRA wind speed [m/s]
MERRA Production
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2011
MERRA
DWD
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73.6194
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Methods and Data
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Anhang
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Motivation
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Methods and Data
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Empirical Analysis
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Methods and Data
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Next steps
Comparison between hourly production and hourly wind
Calculation for more wind farms
Potential outcomes
General wind index
Wind energy potential in Germany
Wind derivatives
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Appendix
Bibliography
Appendix: Bibliography
Gunturu, U. B. and Schlosser, C. A. (2012).
Characterization of wind power resource in the United States.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12(20):9687–9702.
Rienecker, M. M., Suarez, M. J., Gelaro, R., Todling, R., Bacmeister, J.,
Liu, E., Bosilovich, M. G., Schubert, S. D., Takacs, L., Kim, G.-K., et al.
(2011).
MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and
Applications.
Journal of Climate, 24(14).
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