The process for submitting data to the WP3 Benchmarking project differs depending on the type of data.

Preconstruction Data

Specifications

  • Turbine information
    • Turbine model, rated capacity, hub height, rotor diameter
    • Power curves (if available)
  • Wind plant and turbine layout
    • Roads and electrical infrastructure
  • Raw meteorological data files and metadata
    • Meteorological tower/device location, type, deployment duration
    • 10-min raw data
  • Pertinent contractual information (as it impacts WRA prediction)
    • Turbine availability guarantee values
    • Turbine power curve guarantee values
    • Wind plant curtailment/interconnection guarantees
  • Site and environmental characteristics
    • Terrain information
    • Land cover

How to Submit

Preconstruction data should be submitted through the PNNL DAP:

  1. Register for an account on the PNNL DAP Platform
  2. Contact Jason Fields (jason.fields@nrel.gov) to request access to the WP3 PNNL project
  3. Follow the instructions on the WP3 DAP Project Page to upload data via SFTP*

*Filezilla is the recommended SFTP client for Windows users.

Operational (SCADA) Data

Specifications

As input to the post construction analysis, we expect:

  • Met towers/remote sensing (only if available)
    • Wind speed (m/s)
    • Direction
    • Temperature (optional)
    • Pressure (optional)
    • Humidity (optional)
    • Vertical velocity (optional)
  • Plant level Data
    • Point of revenue meter
      • Power Output (kW)
    • Curtailment logs
    • Asset Table (Turbine meta-data), including:
      • Make
      • Model
      • Rated Power
      • Latitude
      • Longitude
  • 10-min turbine level SCADA
    • Nacelle Wind speed (provide documentation on the transfer function applied to the anemometer signal)
    • Power Output
    • Yaw direction (optional)
    • Availability tags (status codes with documentation), including
      • Online
      • Offline
      • Offline due to environment (optional)
      • Offline due to curtailment (optional)

How to Submit

  1. Register for an account on the PNNL DAP Platform
  2. Contact Jason Fields (jason.fields@nrel.gov) to request access to the WP3 PNNL project
  3. Follow the instructions on the WP3 DAP Project Page to upload data via SFTP*

Energy Yield Assessments (EYA)

Specifications

The format and fields for EYA submissions are documented on this website.

How to Submit

  1. Register for an account on the PNNL DAP Platform
  2. Contact Jason Fields (jason.fields@nrel.gov) to request access to the WP3 PNNL project
  3. Download preconstruction data from the WP3 DAP Project to download data via SFTP*
  4. Submit consultant response form via Preconstruction Template or API * Provide feedback via Disqus comments on the Preconstruction Template page
  5. After receipt of submission, download operational (SCADA) data from WP3 DAP Project using SFTP*