DRAFT Agenda

Industry Workshop: Atmospheric Science Challenges for the Wind Industry

Sponsored by Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling (MMC) Team

October 19-20, 8-noon MDT (1400-1800 UTC)

Monday, Oct. 19 - Big Picture Vision for Atmospheric Science Research

(Times in MDT)

8:00 Welcome and Goals – Sue Haupt, NCAR

8:10  Introduction to DOE Wind Energy Technology Office (WETO) – Bob Marlay, WETO Director

8:20  DOE Panel

• Vision for DOE’s Wind Program - Mike Derby, WETO Chief Technology Officer
• Vision for Atmospheric Science Research - Shannon Davis, WETO Program Analyst
• Current Atmospheric Science Research - Sue Haupt, MMC PI
• Discussion

9:20 Industry Visioning Panel, Caroline Draxl, NREL (Moderator)

• Mark Ahlstrom, NextEra
• Philippe Beaucage, UL / AWS Truepower
• Greg Oxley, Siemens-Gamesa

10:30  Directions for Break outs

10:40  Break-out groups to discuss our vision for how atmospheric modeling will advance wind energy science and application

11:30  Full group – reports outs and full group discussion

Noon  Disperse

Tuesday, Oct. 20 -  Technical Research Conversations

8:00  Welcome back and Summary of Day 1

8:10  Panel  1 – Offshore Wind Modeling Opportunities and Challenges  

• Keynote: Where are we and where do we need to go?  - Charlotte Bay Hasager (DTU)
• Data & Mesoscale Modeling – Branko Kosović, NCAR
• Microscale Modeling – Matt Churchfield, NREL
• Industry perspective – TBD
• Discussion

9:30 Short break

9:40 Panel 2 – Modeling Challenges for Wind Energy  

• Dynamic Nature of the Atmosphere as Captured by MMC – Jeff Mirocha, LLNL
• Evaluating Model Errors – Colleen Kaul, PNNL
• Vijayant Kumar, Sentient Science
• Discussion

10:30  Parallel Sessions for More Detailed Technical Conversation. Each session will kick-off with short prepared talks, then evolve into guided visioning conversation.

Session 1:  Modeling Details

Session 2:  Modeling for Turbines

Session 3:  Using AI to improve knowledge of the Atmosphere

11:30 Report outs and large group discussion

Noon  Disperse