Seasonal forecasting Sample Clauses

Seasonal forecasting. Seasonal forecasts are growing in importance for the power grid planning, especially, where hydropower, storage and other technologies are involved. This topic is also interlinked to the uncertainty forecasting work stream and will focus on the communication between weather and energy community. Seasonal forecasts are a subset of weather forecasting, and are therefore managed by WP1. WP3 will interlink these communities and serve as a platform to establish new applications for the use of seasonal forecasting in the energy community and the transformation into a carbon free energy system. State of the Art for energy system forecasting In year 1, the new Task will organise a workshop on the state of the art and future research issues in energy forecasting, inviting other TCPs (PVPS Task 16 already has voiced interest). The workshop is modelled after the first workshop in Task 36, which established a baseline and research agenda. The established state-of-the art will be carried forward in the recommended practice guideline for forecasting solution selection and its dissemination to the industry at workshops, webinars, conferences, white papers and a book publications. While every WP contributes to this activity, the conversion to application variables such as power is central here, therefore this WS will be managed by WP2. Forecasting for underserved areas Forecasting in the established markets like Europe, North America or China has both a long tradition, and a well-established infrastructure. But in sync with the wind industry opening up new markets for the technology, the grid operators and/or market participants need good solutions to deal with the novel influx of power. However, both data availability and possibly market or grid code structures might be quite different in those places. The quality of the forecast needs to be provided by the vendors, which is why this WS is run by WP2. The recommended practices for the implementation of renewable energy forecasting solutions will also serve the under-served markets as valuable guidelines. An adaptation considering the limitations of under- served or emerging countries will be one focus area in collaboration with WP1. Minute scale forecasting On the power plant level, forecasts some minutes ahead can be used for battery control in hybrid power plants, in wind farm flow control (it takes minutes for the wind field to pass through a larger wind farm), and sometimes also in market structures like the Australi...