2023 NAWEA / WindTech Workshops#
Following the 2023 NAWEA WindTech conference, NREL hosted a series of workshops related to the collection of wind energy software produced at the lab. Each workshop introduced a specific software project and provided practical suggestions for modeling and analysis. Additionally, an overview of the WETO Software Stack and the work under the Holistic Modeling Project was provided along with a discussion of community needs. This page contains a listing of workshop recordings, where available, and other presentation material.
WETO Software Stack Overview + Community Discussion#
Rafael Mudafort and Derek Slaughter covered an overview of the Holistic Modeling Project and the WETO Software Portfolio coordination effort, in particular. An overview of the WETO Software Stack broken down by technical area and capability was also presented. Finally, a discussion of community needs was held to help inform the direction of the Holistic Modeling Project and the WETO software, in general.
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OpenFAST Overview + Practical Workshop#
Jason Jonkman and Emmanuel Branlard hosted a three-part workshop on OpenFAST covering an overview of the software, a practical session on running simulations, and a discussion of recent and ongoing work around OpenFAST and its applications.
Section 1 - Overview (Jonkman)#
Section 2 - Practical (Emmanuel)#
Section 3 - Recent/Ongoing/Future Work (Jonkman)#
ExaWind - AMR Wind & Nalu Wind#
Michael Kuhn hosted a workshop covering the background of the ExaWind software suite, as well as practical guidance on installing, running, and analyzing results.
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HOPP#
Genevieve Starke, Cameron Irmas, and Chris Bay hosted a working on HOPP covering the background, capabilities, recent results, future work, and usage of the software.
WOMBAT#
Rob Hammond hosted a workshop that provided an overview of the model and worked through an O&M scenario in the public domain to demonstrate how to fully configure the model, run an analysis, and get results.