Wind Field and Solar Radiation Characterization and Forecasting

✍ Scribed by Richard Perez

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 263
• Series: Green Energy and Technology
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In addition to describing core concepts and principles, this book reveals professional methodologies and tools used by national agencies and private corporations to predict sites’ potential for wind and solar power generation. Each chapter focuses on a different issue, showing readers the corresponding methodology, as well as examples of how to apply the techniques described. These techniques are explained with step-by-step guides that demonstrate how environmental variables in complex terrains can be characterized and forecasted.The authors present an adaptive finite element mass-consistent model, which computes a diagnostic wind field in the three-dimensional area of interest using observed wind data from measurement stations – data which is then interpolated using a physical model of the wind field in the boundary layer. An ensemble method is presented based on the perturbation of the numerical weather prediction models’ results.
The book goes on to explain solar radiation characterization and forecasting. Solar radiation and electrical power generation temporal and spatial variability are discussed and modelled. Different statistical methods are presented in order to improve solar radiation forecasting using ground measurement, numerical weather predictions (NWPs) and satellite-derived data. This book is focused on both probabilistic and point forecast explaining different models and methodologies to improve the forecasting. The results obtained from various simulations around the world are presented in tables. Finally, the book explains a possible methodology to develop a Solar Map taking into account solar radiation, terrain surface conditions and cast shadows.
As such, the book provides an overview of the concepts, principles and practices involved in the treatment of environmental variables related to solar radiation or wind fields, especially when complex terrains are involved, offering useful resources for students and researchers alike. It also equips professionals with the methodologies and tools needed to construct environmental variable maps and conduct forecasting for solar radiation and wind fields.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Acquisition and Analysis of Meteorological Data (Javier Calvo Sánchez, Gema Morales Martín, Jesús Polo)....Pages 3-39
Characterization of Geographical and Meteorological Parameters (Gustavo Montero, Eduardo Rodríguez, Albert Oliver)....Pages 41-63
Discretization of the Region of Interest (J. Manuel Cascón , José María Escobar, Rafael Montenegro)....Pages 65-85
Front Matter ....Pages 87-87
Wind Field Diagnostic Model (Eduardo Rodríguez, Gustavo Montero, Albert Oliver)....Pages 89-111
Wind Field Deterministic Forecasting (Javier Calvo Sánchez, Gema Morales Martín)....Pages 113-127
Wind Field Probabilistic Forecasting (Albert Oliver, Eduardo Rodríguez, Luis Mazorra-Aguiar)....Pages 129-145
Front Matter ....Pages 147-147
Solar Resource Variability (Richard Perez, Philippe Lauret, Marc Perez, Mathieu David, Thomas E. Hoff, Sergey Kivalov)....Pages 149-170
Solar Radiation Forecasting with Statistical Models (Luis Mazorra-Aguiar, Felipe Díaz)....Pages 171-200
Solar Radiation Probabilistic Forecasting (Mathieu David, Philippe Lauret)....Pages 201-227
Solar Radiation Maps (Felipe Díaz, Gustavo Montero, Luis Mazorra-Aguiar)....Pages 229-257

✦ Subjects

Energy; Renewable and Green Energy; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science; Meteorology; Mathematical and Computational Engineering; Applications of Mathematics