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Research article
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26 Jul 2020
Research article |
| 26 Jul 2020
| 26 Jul 2020
Decreasing wind speed extrapolation error via domain-specific feature extraction and selection
Daniel Vassallo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Raghavendra Krishnamurthy
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington, USA
Harindra J. S. Fernando
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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Short summary
Model error and uncertainty is a challenge in the wind energy industry, potentially leading to mischaracterization of millions of dollars' worth of wind resource. This paper combines meteorological knowledge with machine learning techniques, specifically artificial neural networks (ANNs), to better extrapolate wind speeds. It is found that ANNs can reduce power-law extrapolation error by up to 52 % while simultaneously reducing uncertainty. A test case is shown to help decipher the ANN results.
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