Wind Workforce/Curricula/Collegiate Wind Competition: Project Development
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West Coast Offshore Wind Resources
- Finding space: Siting Oregon's Wind Energy Areas [[1]]
- BOEM: Oregon Activities [[2]]
- BOEM: A Wind Energy Area Siting Analysis for the Oregon Call Areas [[3]]
- Canopy Offshore Wind Farm [[4]]
- California North Floating [[5]]
Floating Offshore Wind Resources - Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult
- Guide to a Floating Offshore Wind Farm [[6]]
- Floating Offshore Wind Center of Excellence [[7]]
- "The Opportunities and Challenges of Floating Offshore Wind," Blog by Ralph Torr, Head of Floating Wind at ORE Catapult [[12]]
Community Benefit Resources
- WINDExchange Community Benefits Guide [[13]]
- WINDExchange Community Benefits Database [[14]]
- "Community Benefits Tools and California Clean Energy Projects," Berkeley Law Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment Report [[15]]
- Clean Air Task Force community Benefits Resource Inventory [[16]]
- U.S. Department of Energy Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) Toolkit [[17]]
- U.S. Department of Energy CBA Resource Guide FAQs [[18]]
- Columbia Law School's Community Benefit Agreements Database [[19]]
- Data for Progress polling on voters' perceptions of community benefits agreements [[20]]
- Sea Grant - Community Benefit Agreements [[21]]
- "Making Offshore Wind Transmission Work for Communities," Regional Plan Association [[22]]
Cost modeling and cost-related resources
- “Onshore, offshore, or in-turbine electrolysis? Techno-economic overview of alternative integration designs for green hydrogen production into Offshore Wind Power Hubs” [[23]]
- Has a detailed cost model for offshore wind+electrolysis systems (appendices and supplementary info include a lot of information)
- NREL 2023 ATB for offshore wind – has additional references that may be extra useful for cost modeling [[24]]
- 2023 Offshore Wind Market Report [[25]]
- H2FAST documentation for cost modeling electrolysis systems [[26]]
Full Feature Wind Farm Design Software:
The tools below are used in the wind industry to design wind farms. Selecting and using one of these tools will help students learn valuable skills for entering the industry in the field of project development.
- Continuum:
- Continuum is an open-source wind energy software tool developed by wind professionals for the wind industry. It includes all tools needed to generate wind energy production estimates and to determine a site's suitability.
- To download the software and access training materials go here [[27]]
- Furow:
- The Furow software allows users to analyze meteorological data, calculate a site's wind resource, and design wind farm layouts in one interface.
- Students may download and try Furow by visiting this site [[28]]. Here you can also access demo videos to enhance your learning experience while using Furow for the first time.
- Technical assistance and full software license access are available via email Alberto Tejon (alberto.tejon@solute.es) or Mauricio Rich (mauricio.rich@solute.es).
- Openwind:
- If you are new to Openwind, try the restricted "training" software package and tutorials [[29]]
- To access a full academic version of Openwind email Nick Robinson (Nick.Robinson@ul.com) and Benjamin Blanchette (Benjamin.Blanchette@ul.com) and they will add you to the CWC ftp.
- Link to OpenWind tutorials from UL [[30]]
- New online help is being developed and can be accessed here [[31]]
- Link to OpenWind tutorial videos from California State University Maritime Academy [[32]]
- If you are new to Openwind, try the restricted "training" software package and tutorials [[29]]
- WaSP [[33]]
- WaSP by DTU Wind Energy is a software suite that allows the user to perform wind resource assessment, siting and energy yield calculation for wind turbines and wind farm.s. It is used for sites located in all kinds of terrain all over the world.
Wind Resource Data Sources:
- WIND Toolkit data via Windprospector, NREL [[34]]
- WIND Toolkit data via API [[35]]
- Data from the Marine Cadastre can be accessed using the national viewer here [[36]] and is a great resource to view offshore data.
Other Project Development Software and Resources:
- GIS software: Global Mapper [[37]]
- Global Mapper is a geographic information system software package currently developed by Blue Marble Geographics that runs on Microsoft Windows. It includes direct links to many data services including one-meter aerial imagery for the U.S., worldwide elevation data, topographic maps, Landsat satellite imagery, land cover data, the full Maine GIS catalog, aviation charts, OpenStreetMap vector data via WMS, and much more.
- Wind Resource software: Windographer [[38]]
- Windographer software enables you to import, analyze and visualize wind resource data.
- Performance and Financial software: System Advisor Model, NREL [[39]]
- SAM is a free techno-economic software model that facilitates decision making for people in the renewable energy industry.
- In-app Help Documentation is on the lower left of main software portal. Pro-tip: after selecting your technology model in SAM, look for the 'Help' button on the top right of the app window. That takes you directly to all help/documentation relating to that particular technology model.
- General Description [[40]]
- Intro to SAM (slide deck) [[41]]
- Coursework using SAM [[42]]
- SAM User Forum (very responsive) [[43]]
- Wind related SAM videos and technical reports/documentation [[44]]
- Jobs and Economics: JEDI model, NREL [[45]]
- The Jobs and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) models are user-friendly tools that estimate the economic impacts of constructing and operating power generation and biofuel plants at the local and state levels. Using JEDI, you can analyze the energy impacts of wind, biofuels, concentrating solar power, geothermal, marine and hydrokinetic power, coal, and natural gas power plants.
- The Jobs and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) models are user-friendly tools that estimate the economic impacts of constructing and operating power generation and biofuel plants at the local and state levels. Using JEDI, you can analyze the energy impacts of wind, biofuels, concentrating solar power, geothermal, marine and hydrokinetic power, coal, and natural gas power plants.
- 2021 Wind Technologies Market Reports, Department of Energy [[46]]
- Wind energy in the United States grew at a record pace in 2020, representing the largest source of new additions to the U.S. electric-generating capacity. Three market reports released by the U.S. Department of Energy detail trends in wind development, technology, cost, and performance through the end of 2020 (and in offshore wind through May 2021).
- Wind energy in the United States grew at a record pace in 2020, representing the largest source of new additions to the U.S. electric-generating capacity. Three market reports released by the U.S. Department of Energy detail trends in wind development, technology, cost, and performance through the end of 2020 (and in offshore wind through May 2021).
- Wind Energy Finance in the United States: Current Practice and Opportunities [[47]]
- This publication provides an overview of the wind project development process, capital sources and financing structures commonly used, and traditional and emerging procurement methods. It also provides a high-level demonstration of how financing rates impact a project’s all-in cost of energy.
- This publication provides an overview of the wind project development process, capital sources and financing structures commonly used, and traditional and emerging procurement methods. It also provides a high-level demonstration of how financing rates impact a project’s all-in cost of energy.
- 2019 Cost of Wind Energy Review [[48]]
- This report uses representative utility-scale and distributed wind energy projects to estimate the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for land-based and offshore wind power plants in the United States.
- This report uses representative utility-scale and distributed wind energy projects to estimate the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for land-based and offshore wind power plants in the United States.
- NREL's Annual Technology Baseline [[49]]
- To inform electric and transportation sector analysis in the United States, each year NREL provides a robust set of modeling input assumptions for energy technologies (the Annual Technology Baseline) and a diverse set of potential electricity generation futures or modeling scenarios (Standard Scenarios).
- To inform electric and transportation sector analysis in the United States, each year NREL provides a robust set of modeling input assumptions for energy technologies (the Annual Technology Baseline) and a diverse set of potential electricity generation futures or modeling scenarios (Standard Scenarios).
- REPORT: 2006 Wind Turbine Design Cost and Scaling Model [[50]]
- NREL report describing their model for estimating the cost of wind-generated electricity, from both land-based and offshore wind turbines.
- NREL report describing their model for estimating the cost of wind-generated electricity, from both land-based and offshore wind turbines.
- WISDEM software [[51]]
- Developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Wind Plant Integrated Systems Design and Engineering Model (WISDEM) software creates a virtual, vertically integrated wind plant from components to operations. This core systems engineering software tool captures important system interactions to achieve a better understanding of how to improve system-level performance and reduce costs. WISDEM couples engineering and cost models to make system-level tradeoffs, helping engineers see the big picture.
- Developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Wind Plant Integrated Systems Design and Engineering Model (WISDEM) software creates a virtual, vertically integrated wind plant from components to operations. This core systems engineering software tool captures important system interactions to achieve a better understanding of how to improve system-level performance and reduce costs. WISDEM couples engineering and cost models to make system-level tradeoffs, helping engineers see the big picture.
- Offshore Wind in the US Gulf of Mexico: Regional Economic Modeling and Site-Specific Analyses [[52]].
- This report describes the potential for wind in the Gulf Coast region, and describes the Galveston site for the 2022 project development contest.
- This report describes the potential for wind in the Gulf Coast region, and describes the Galveston site for the 2022 project development contest.
- USFWS Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines [[53]]
- These U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service guidelines help wind energy project developers avoid and minimize impacts of land-based wind projects on wildlife and their habitats. The goal of the voluntary guidelines is smart siting, design and operation of the nation's growing wind energy economy.
- Training series with five separate videos to cover different aspects of the guidelines and other topics related to wind energy [[54]]
Resources for this lesson plan:
Education Levels:
College
Subjects:
Biology
Earth Science
Env Science
Engineering
STEM
Topics:
Siting
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