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Customers Questionnaire for Wind Energy

Last modified: 05/29/2007 02:09 PM

Invitation to take part in a questionnaire to assess customers' needs in the field of wind energy.

Questionnaire on customers' requirements of wind energy resource information

1. Your identification (* fields are mandatory)

First Name(*):

Last Name(*):

Organization(*):

Address(*):

Country:

E-mail(*):

URL:

2. Are you: (Tick where applicable)

Consultant:

Developer:

Manufacturer:

Engineering company:

Utility company:

Public research laboratory:

Governmental, public agency / service:

Private research laboratory:

University:

Non-governmental organization
or other promoter of wind energy:

3. For which purpose do you use wind data?
(Rate each Item by 1: not important, to 5: very important)

Site selection:

Feasibility study:

Cost assessment:

Investment decision:

Wind integration study:

Guarantee/certification/insurance:

System design:

Deployment:

Plant operation:

Grid operation:

Plant maintenance:

Plant decommissioning:

Monitoring:

Fault detection:

Research/education/promotion:

Policy-making:

Energy trading:

Others (please specify):

4(a). For onshore wind projects (if any), which type of data are you interested in?
(Rate each Item by 1: not important, to 5: very important)

Wind speed and directions:

Wind statistics:

Topography / orography:

Aerodynamical roughness:

Obstacles:

Turbulence information:

Wind shear:

Vertical wind profiles:

Geological and soil information:

Geographical information:

Wildlife information:

Forest detailed characteristics:

Snow/ice information:

Monitoring of meteorological conditions:

Forecast of meteorological conditions:

Others (please specify):

4(b). For offshore wind projects (if any), which type of data are you interested in?
(Rate each Item by 1: not important, to 5: very important)

Wind speed and directions:

Wind statistics:

Wind shear:

Vertical wind profiles:

Bathymetry:

Currents:

Waves heights:

Tides:

Seabed characteristics:

Sea ice:

Turbidity:

Salinity:

Sea temperature:

Monitoring of meteorological conditions:

Forecast of meteorological conditions:

Others (please specify):

5. Which type of temporal resolution do you need? Please select the 3 main types of data and specify the most important to you.
(Rate each Item by 1: not important, to 5: very important)

	First type	Second type	Third type
Annual averages:
Monthly averages:
Weekly averages:
Daily averages:
Hourly averages:
15 minute averages:
5 minute averages:
1 minute averages:
Instantaneous values:
Others (please specify):

6. If you are using data sets from the past, how recent should the data be?
(Rate each Item by 1: not important, to 5: very important)

Very recent (e.g. last hours/days):

Recent (e.g. last month / last year):

From older archives:

7. If you are using synthetic data, what type?
(Rate each Item by 1: not important, to 5: very important)

Typical meteorological years:

Design reference years:

Test reference years:

Stochastically generated typical years:

8. For the data you are using the most, are you interested in sites (locations), maps....
(Rate each Item by 1: not important, to 5: very important)

A single site:

Several sites, but less than 10:

More than 10 sites:

A grid (map) of point values covering a country/region:

A grid (map) of average values covering a country/region:

9. What spatial resolution of maps (what pixel size) do you think is needed for your main purpose?
(Rate each Item by 1: not important, to 5: very important)

Values or time-series averaged over regions/countries:

3° x 3° (approx. 300 km x 300 km, global coverage):

1° x 1° (approx. 100 km x 100 km, global/regional coverage):

0.1° x 0.1° (approx. 10 km x 10 km):

5 km x 5 km:

2 km x 2 km:

1 km x 1 km:

500 m x 500 m:

100 m x 100 m:

10 m x 10 m:

10. Use of data. When accessing either location-specific or mapped observations do you:
(Rate each Item by 1: not important, to 5: very important)

Use observations themselves for
documentation or customized purposes:

Use observations as inputs to a simulator/software:

Use time-averaged observations for documentation / custom applications:

Use statistical summaries other than averages (e.g., percentiles, probability distribution, extremes), for documentation / custom applications:

Use time-averages or statistical summaries as inputs to a simulator / software:

11. Is the wind resource and meteorological information currently available satisfactory when considering...
(Rate each Item by 1: not satisfactory, to 5: very satisfactory)

Access:

Up-to-date:

Geographical coverage:

Accuracy:

Clarity in description of products:

As a whole:

Where do you currently get the meteorological wind information you need?

12. Are wind forecasts important to you?
(Rate each Item by 1: not important, to 5: very important)

Nowcasting (next 1 hour):

Nowcasting (next 6 hours):

Forecast up to 24 hours:

Forecast for 12 – 48 hours:

Forecast up to 3 days:

Forecast up to 1 week:

Forecast up to 2 week:

Forecast up to 1 month:

Seasonal forecast (2-6 months):

13. If you would be a user of wind forecasts,
please comment on your wind forecasting requirements.
(Please specify in the comments box)

a) Forecast timing – When must the forecast be available to you?

b) Forecast error – What is the maximum forecast error acceptable to you (identify parameters of interest & error range)?

c) Other comments about your wind forecasting requirements?

14 a. Are long-term (multi-year) data sets important to you?
(Rate each Item by 1: not important, to 5: very important)

For climate change in general:

For specific locations:

Average values (year, season):

Time series values:

Regional wind index values:

14 b. For the long-term data set that is most important to you, what is the minimum number of years required?

Specify in the comments box:

Additional comments: