Impact of Extreme Weather on Offshore Wind Energy System

TEM112 was hosted by the National Renewable Enery Laboratry (NREL) and took place in Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA on October 28-29, 2024. During 1,5 days, more than 30 international experts on extreme events studies gathered to solicit state-of-the-art research on tropical cyclones and extratropical extreme conditions that may impact wind turbine reliability and life expectancy globally. Facilitate the exchange of recent research findings, best practices, and innovative solutions. Identify Research Gaps: Highlight areas where further research is needed. Future Trends: Discuss emerging trends and future challenges.

A new Task proposal was discussed with focus on extreme events : tropical cyclones / extratropical extreme conditions

Potential establishment of a long-term collaboration.

Reanalyses for Wind Energy

TEM#111 was hosted by DTU Lyngby (Denmark) and took place in Lyngby, Denmark, on April 25th-26th, 2024.

Despite the vast adoption and the routine use of reanalysis datasets for Wind Energy purposes, the communication and knowledge sharing between reanalysis providers and Wind Energy scientists/practitioners remains sporadic and uncoordinated. This current situation leads to several missed opportunities and poses risks to the Wind Energy projects.

Net Zero Electricity System Studies

TEM#113 was hosted by SEAI and held in Dublin, Ireland, on April 8 -9, 2024. The meeting aimed to identify current and foreseeable future challenges and outline observed best practices, potentially in categories aligned with specific aspects of net zero electricity system design. Net zero electricity system design requires expertise well beyond that of the electricity (power) system itself, such that a multi-disciplinary approach must be adopted to ensure robust and comprehensive analysis and decision making. The meeting proceedings should present a draft net zero studies best practices document, outline a plan for dissemination, and specify potential follow up activities such as further, more in-depth work on key aspects of the synthesis and regular updates to the document, as well as a plan for future supports and coordination.

Wind Energy Instrumentation Development

TEM#110 was held in person in Broomfield, Colorado USA, on November 2, 2023, in conjunction with the NAWEA/WindTech 2023 Conference at the Omni Interlocken Hotel, and convened by Tommy Herges and David Maniaci from Sandia National Laboratories, and Nicholas Hamilton and Patrick Moriarty from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 30 experts from 7 countries gathered to discuss instrumentation gaps, opportunities challenges and barriers in breakout groups and in plenary sessions. As an outcome, the proceedings of the meeting will be published, including a Roadmap for instrumentation development.