IEA Wind Recommended Practice for the Implementation of Renewable Energy Forecasting Solutions

IEA Wind Recommended Practices for the Implementation of Renewable  Energy Forecasting Solutions translates decades of academic knowledge  and standard requirements into applicable procedures and decision  support tools for the energy industry. Designed specifically for  practitioners in the energy industry, readers will find the tools to  maximize the value of renewable energy forecast information in  operational decision-making applications and significantly reduce the  costs of integrating large amounts of wind and solar generation assets  into grid systems through more efficient management of the renewable  generation variability.

Authored by a group of international  experts as part of the IEA Wind Task 36 (Wind Energy Forecasting), the  book addresses the issue that many current operational forecast  solutions are not properly optimized for their intended applications. It  provides detailed guidelines and recommended practices on forecast  solution selection processes, designing and executing forecasting  benchmarks and trials, forecast solution evaluation, verification, and  validation, and meteorological and power data requirements for real-time  forecasting applications. In addition, the guidelines integrate  probabilistic forecasting, integrate wind and solar forecasting, offer  improved IT data exchange and data format standards, and have a  dedicated section to dealing with the requirements for SCADA and  meteorological measurements.

A unique and comprehensive  reference, IEA Wind Recommended Practices for the Implementation of  Renewable Energy Forecasting Solutions is an essential guide for all  practitioners involved in wind and solar energy generation forecasting  from forecast vendors to end-users of renewable forecasting solutions.