IEA Task 50
Work Package 1
Collection of research results, state-of-the-art and expert consensus.
This work will seek to collect, organize, and distribute the state-of-the-art in hybrid power plants. This includes developments in research, field trials, and commercial activities. The work package will additionally collect and report on the expert consensus on hybrid power plants, through repeated expert
elicitation. The top overall goal will be to identify both the state-of-the-art, in research and in practice, and through expert consensus, an identification of best practices and areas in need of research and development. Task Manager: Matthew Kotarbinski, NREL.
Activites
• Development of hybrid power plant terminology – Hybrid power plant terminology is not used consistently across the research and industrial communities. The first portion of work will seek to coordinate preferred language to develop consistent terms across the field.
• Development of database or research results and algorithms – An online database will be developed to collect, organize, and disseminate state of the art results in hybrid power plants. The database will be updated regularly and provide an ongoing picture of the current state of the art in hybrid power plants.
• Expert elicitation – Several surveys of experts across research and industry will be carried out to develop consensus on what is current best practice in wind farm control, what are the barriers to wide adoption, and what research is needed.
• Recommendations and best practices – Based on the analysis of state of the art and expert elicitation, a set of recommendations and a best practice for increasing commercial viability of hybrid power plant, hybrid power plant design, operation, and deployment will be developed.
• Workshops – In support of all the above activities, workshops will be arranged for discussion and dissemination of recent research.
