GEOSS,IEEE Committee on Earth

Observation,& Renewable Energy Community of

PracticeJay Pearlman, Chair, ICEO

Ellsworth LeDrew, Chair, CEO User Interface Working Group

Thierry Ranchin, Co-chair, Renewable Energy Community of Practice

Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, Co-chair, Renewable Energy Community of Practice,

Mark Ahlstrom, Co-Chair, GEOSS Wind Energy Community of Practice

Agenda

• IEEE CEO (ICEO) Membership / Structure

• ICEO Program and Direction

• Wind Energy Community of Practice

• Solar Energy Community of Practice

• Agencies in Partnership– ESA– NASA– ?

• Where we want to go.

IEEE Committee on Earth Observation

IEEE CEO

J Pearlman Executive Committee

User Interface

Wind Energy CP

Science & Technology

Outreach & Capacity

Architecture & Data

E LeDrewL Wu

M AhlstromC HasagerY Yuping

A WilliamsA Gasiewski

W OttichiloR Garello

Standards & Interoperability

SJS Khalsa

Renewable Energy CP

M SchroedterT Ranchin

CEO Programs and Directions

• Participation in GEO

• The User and the GEOSS Workshops

• Conference Sessions and Presentations

• IEEE evolution

Participation in GEO

• A focal point for technical and engineering expertise

• Architecture– Co-Chair of Architecture and Data Committee– Formulation of Standards and Interoperability Forum– System of Systems Engineering

• User Interface– Wind Energy Community of Practice– Renewable Energy Community of Practice

• Capacity Building– Initial focus on developing countries

The User and the GEOSS Workshops

• Focal point for outreach and for architecture

• Excellent participation on the part of GEO– China – Dr. Zheng, Prof Koike, Dr. D’Iorio, etc.

• Workshops and themes– Korea, ‘05: disasters and agriculture IGARSS 05– South Africa, ‘05: disasters and water/drought AfricaGIS 05– China, 22 May : wind energy and resource mgt FIEOS 06– France 8 July: renewable energy & water mgtISEIM 06– US 30 July: air quality and climate IGARSS 06– India 26 Sept: health ISPRS

TCIV– Chile Nov: Geospatial

RECP

• M. Ahlstrom, WindLogics Inc., USA• C. Hasager, RISOE • E. LeDrew, IEEE, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada• P. P. Mathieu, ESA• J. Pearlman, IEEE, Boeing, USA• T. Ranchin, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France• M. Schroedter-Homscheidt, Deutsches

Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany

The objective of the Renewable Energy Community of Practise (RECP) is to support GEOSS outcomes related to the application of Earth Observation

data for renewable energiesRelevant areas are: Siting of power plants and facilities including environmental

and sociological issues Optimized design of power systems and facilities Yield estimation and resource monitoring based on historic

information Yield forecast based on near real time weather and

forecasting Integration into existing energy supply, e.g. grid & utility

system integration Operation and management of power plants incl. automatic

failure detection Trading and monitoring of power and environmental credits Environmental monitoring of impacts Life cycle considerations Economic analyses

The Renewable Energy CP will look for members from:

end users of EO based information services national and international industry associations value adders which provide (partly EO based)

information services to end users national and international energy

organisations/programme research and development in universities, research

centers and industries

Plan of activities

• Create working groups on the different renewable energies, identify members and communities, ensure a broad representation

• Identify existing and anticipated user requirements for the different renewable energies.

• Identify the present status and gaps in meeting the above requirements, particularly for Earth Observation data, information and systems.

• Make recommendations how to fulfil requirements and to close gaps.• Identify and describe relevant projects including pilot or demonstration

projects.• Identify synergies between the different renewable energy

communities.• Document requirements and recommendations• Conduct user workshops and user surveys• Disseminate GEOSS potential and best practice examples• Provide information on standardisation (metadata, protocols,

databases,..)• Recommendation on incubation projects

Wind Energy Working Group Membership (Status 05/ 2006)

• North and South America • Mark Ahlstrom (Co-chair), CEO, WindLogics Inc. (& IEEE Power Engineering Society)

mark@windlogics.com, +1 651.556.4262, mobile: +1 651.470.1108, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA• Charlie Smith, Utility Wind Integration Group

jcharlessmith@comcast.net, 703 860-5160, USA• Ellsworth LeDrew, University of Waterloo

ells@watleo.uwaterloo.ca, 519 888 4567 X 2884, Canada• Bruce Angle, Meteorological Service of Canada, Bruce.Angle@ec.gc.ca, Canada• Alexandre de Lemos Pereira, Brazilian Wind Energy Center (CBEE), Federal University of Pernambuco, 50.740-530 Recife Ç PE, Brazil, ap.

eolica@ufpe.br, phone +55 81 96 33 23 80

• Europa and Africa• Charlotte Bay Hasager (Co-chair), Risø National Laboratory, Wind Energy Department,

charlotte.hasager@risoe.dk, +45 4677 5014 (fax 5970), Roskilde, Denmark• Pierre-Philippe Mathieu, European Space Agency (ESRIN – EOP/SE), Frascati,

pierre.philippe.mathieu@esa.int, +39 - 06 941 80 568, Rome, Italy• Ignacio Marti Perez, Renewable Energies National Center (CENER) 31621 Sarriguren, Navarra,

marti@cener.com, +34 948 25 28 00, Spain• Usama Usama Said, New and Renewable Energy Authority, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, usama.said@nreaeg.com, phone 202 2726867, fax 202

2717173• Susanne Lehner, German Aerospace Centre, DLR, Marine Remote Sensing, Oberpfaffenhofen, susanne.lehner@dlr.de, Tel. +49 (0)8153 28 2828• Vladimir Nikolaev, Research and Information Center ‘ATMOGRAPH’, Moscow, 117 335, Russia, Tel/fax +007/495-744-41-63, atmograph@globonet.

ru

• Asia and Australia• Yuping Yan (Co-chair), National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, 46 Zhongguancun Nandajie,Haidian District, Beijing,100081,

China, Tel.86-10-68400091, 86-10-68407486,Fax.86-10-68400097, yanyp_bcc@126.com• Venkat Sundaram, India Wind Energy Association, venkat@inwea.org, India• Qin Haiyan, Chinese Wind Energy Association, qhy@interpowers.com • Hyun-Goo Kim, Korean Institute of Energy Research, Wind Energy Research Center, 71-2 Jang-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-343, Korea

hyungoo@kier.re.kr, +82-42-860-3376 (fax 3543)• Gregory Ayers, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia, Tel (+61 3)

9239 4687, greg.ayers@csiro.au

• International organisations• EWEA: European Wind Energy Association

• Frans Van Hulle, EWEA, Frans.VanHulle@ewea.org, +32 2 546 1987, Brussels, Belgium

• IEA: International Energy Agency• Ana Estanqueiro, IEA, ana.estanqueiro@ineti.pt, Portugal

• Other interested parties:• Guy Duchossois, GEO, gduchossois@igeos.org

• General assistance:• Jay Pearlman, Chief Technologist, Boeing

jay.pearlman@boeing.com, 253 773 5419, Seattle, Washington, USA

Solar Energy Working Group Membership (Status 08/ 2006)

• North and South America• David Renne, NREL (Co-Chair), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado 80401-

3393 USA, +1-303-384-7408, david.renne@nrel.gov• Anne-Marie Valton, Environment Canada, Terrasses La Chaudière, 10, Wellington Gatineau (Québec), K1A 0H3, +1 819 997

8856, anne-marie.valton@ec.gc.ca • Richard Perez, address?• Frederik Morse, fredmorse@morseassociatesinc.com

• Europa and Africa• Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, (Co-Chair), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen,

marion.schroedter-homscheidt@dlr.de, +49 8153 28 2896, Germany• Lucien Wald, Centre Energetique et Procedes, Ecole des Mines de Paris / Armines / CNRS (FRE 2861) BP 207, F-06904

Sophia Antipolis cedex, +33- (0) 4 93957449• Hans-Georg Beyer, Institut für Elektrotechnik, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal (FH), Breitscheidstrasse 2, D-39114

Magdeburg, +49 391 8864499, hans-georg.beyer@hs-magdeburg.de• Richard Meyer, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, richard.meyer@dlr.de, +49 8153

28 2571, Germany• Detlev Heinemann, Universität Oldenburg, detlev.heinemann@uni-oldenburg.de, +49 441 798 3543• Emilio Simeone, Flyby, via Puini 97, Int. 26, 57128 Livorno, Italy, emilio.simeone@flyby.it, +39 0586-505016 • Eusébio Z.E. Conceição, FCMA, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal, econcei@ualg.pt• Manuala J.R. Lúcio, Regional Directory of Education of Algarve, Sítio das Figuras, EN 125, 8000-761 Faro, Portugal,

manuela.lucio@drealg.min-edu.pt

• Asia and Australia•

• International organisations• European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA)

• Michel Viaud, Secretary General, Rue d’Arlon 63-65, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium, +32-2-465 38 84, epia@epia.org (proposed)

• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) • Mark Radka, Tour Mirabeau,39-43 quai André Citroën, 75739 Paris Cedex 15, +33 (1) 44 37 1427, Mark.Radka@unep.fr

• European Commission – DG Joint Research Centre • Marcel Suri, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Renewables Energies Unit, Via E.

Fermi 1, TP 450, I-21020 Ispra (VA), Italy, +39 0332 786661

Ocean Energy Working Group Membership (Status 08/ 2006)

• North and South America• Europa and Africa

• Thierry Ranchin, Ecole des Mines de Paris (ENSMP), Sophia Antipolis, thierry.ranchin@ensmp.fr, +33 4 93 95 74 53, France

• Han Wensink, (Co-Chair), ARGOSS, PT Marknesse, wensink@argoss.nl, +31 527 242 299, The Netherlands

• Michel Paillard, (to be confimed) IFREMER, Brest, michel.paillard@ifremer.fr, +33 (0) 2 98 22 41 25, France

• Antonio Sarmento (to be confirmed), Technical University of Lisbon antonio.sarmento@ist.utl.pt, +???, Portugal

• Asia and Australia• xxx

• International organisations• Other interested parties:• European Ocean Energy Association

• Alla Weinstein (Co-Chair confirmed ???), President of EU-OEA

Wind EnergyCommunity of Practice

Charlotte Bay Hasager, RisøMark Ahlstrom, WindLogics/IEEE

Yuping Yan, China Meteorological Administration Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen

Thierry Ranchin, Ecole des Mines (Renewables CP)

Objectives – Wind Energy CP

• Support GEOSS outcomes related to application of EO data toward valuable wind energy results:– Siting– Forecasting– Integration– Operations

• Wind energy community: users of the energy, weather & climate components of the GEOSS effort

Societal Benefit

Why Wind Energy Now? • Wind is fastest growing source of energy in the

world today• Huge potential in both developed and

developing countries• Dramatic benefit in improved siting, energy

varies with cube of wind speed• Improved forecasting crucial to utility integration

and operations

Justification

Improved wind energy understanding requires disparate information that go beyond existing collaborative activities:– Weather data archives for site modeling– Weather forecasting in all timeframes– Boundary layer meteorology– Climate analysis and long-term variability– Extreme event analysis and temporal change– GIS, land use data, surface roughness data

Offshore Wind Energy

EO-based wave statistics to support design of vessels for operations & maintenance

Courtesy ARGOS (NL) & BMT (UK)

What is the availability of wind farms? Can I send a vessel to repair? Why kind of vessels? Should I invest in maintenance or more turbines?

Scatterometer• Coarse Resolution (O(25)km)• Good temporal frequency• Long-term archive • BUT does not work close to coast where wind farms are built

Synthetic Aperture Radar• High Resolution (O(150)m) • BUT Low temporal revisit• Archive (mainly ERS, ENVISAT, RADARSAT)

Need to combine EO sources,but better used to get the spatial variability rather than magnitude

Active remote sensing for resource assessment

Onshore Wind Energy

EO-based roughness & Digital Elevation Model for wind modeling

Contributing to Enhanced Wind Energy Modeling Results

Courtesy ARMINES (FR) Courtesy WindLogics (USA)

Raw EO data Information & Services End-User Application

Backscatter from Synthetic Aperture Radar

Wind rose retrieved through numerical model of boundary layer

Integration with ancillary data Sources into user analysis

Adding to the Value Chain

Aim to make the end-to-end EO value chain more effective by:

• Delivering information services

• Organising the supply (e.g. developing infrastructure)

• Federating the demand (e.g. user-pull, not technology pushed)

E.g. integrate geoinformation into third party software and services

used as standards in the wind industry

Wind Life Cycle / Data Needs

Courtesy Armines (Fr)

Spans all time horizons:

• Hindcast - archives

• Nowcast - monitoring

•Forecast - modelling

Data Requirements depend on the phase

Wind energy can be the model for a

broader Renewable Energy Community for GEOSS

InnovationAlgorithmsFeedback

Applications

ServicesScience

Next Steps for RECP

• Series of small workshops (regional?)• Questionnaire, all RECP components• Develop an on-line registry• Specific questions for major planning workshop

– What are the key questions– What is the existing technical capacity– What are the existing and required operational and

technical support facilities– What do the users need in 5 and 10 years– What are the key metrics and milestones that we can

address– What is the degree of precision and accuracy required for

operational activities

– Relationship of RECP to larger group here, and globally (IGOS?)