Call for abstracts
Abstracts are invited for the sessions and topics listed below.
The abstract submission deadline is 31 August 2013.
Note to students: to facilitate participation, EWEA will cover travel and accommodation expenses if the selected presentation is by a full-time student (e.g. PhD or similar).
Session 1: The end users’ requirements
Chair: Lars Landberg, Senior Vice President; Head of R&D and Forecasting, GL Garrad Hassan, Denmark
This session invites abstracts on the following topics:
– End-user requirements at different time-frames and for different applications.
– What are the particular needs of TSOs, DSOs, utilities, energy traders, wind farm operators, aggregators, etc.?
– Seen from an end-user perspective what does the ideal system look like? What would be the one thing that would improve current systems?
– Value and perceived value of forecasts, eg what would the value of a 1% reduction in uncertainty be?
– Adoption of new forecasting tools in the lifecycle of business processes.
– Observed mismatch between research in forecasting and the adoption of latest developments (e.g. ramp/uncertainty forecasting) into the business process of end-users.
– Standardisation: the need for standardised products, tools, data, evaluation protocols, etc. in order to supports communities sharing knowledge.
Session 2: Numerical weather prediction models
Chair: Florian Pappenberger, Senior Scientist, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts – ECMWF, UK
This session invites abstracts on the following topics:
– NWP models: state-of-the-art and future challenges to improve wind forecasts;
– Value of limited area models and other downscaling methods to improve wind predictions;
– Representation of uncertainty in NWP models focusing on near surface wind.
Session 3: Wind power forecasting models and operational systems
Chair: George Kariniotakis, Head of Renewable Energies & Smartgrids Group, Centre for Energy & Processes, MINES ParisTech, France
This session invites abstracts on the different approaches to forecasting covering:
– the time frames (very-short term, short, medium and longer term) of the various applications;
– various forecast products needed in the applications (probabilistic forecasts, scenarios, ramps, extremes spatio-temporal forecasting…);
– the contribution of new measuring technologies (i.e. radars, lidars) in improving forecasts;
performance evaluation results on real-world cases.
Session 4: Integrating forecasts in business processes
Chair: Gregor Giebel, Senior Scientist, DTU Wind Energy, Denmark
This session invites abstracts on the following topics:
– The use of forecasting products in end user business processes;
– Other uses of wind (power) forecasting.
NB: Being a panel discussion session 5 is not included in the call for abstracts.
SOURCE: http://www.ewea.org
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