Engineering topics
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This library provides a framework for working with large timeseries data from wind plants, such as SCADA. Its development has been motivated by the WP3 Benchmarking (PRUF) project, which aims to provide a reference implementation for plant-level performance assessment.
Understanding the amount of energy that will be harvested by a wind power plant each year and the variability of that energy is essential to assessing and potentially improving the financial viability of that power plant. The preconstruction energy estimate process predicts the amount of energy--with uncertainty estimates--that a wind power plant will deliver to the point of revenue. This report describes the preconstruction energy estimate process from a technical perspective and seeks to provide insight into the financial implications associated with each step.