WP0 |
D1 |
Development of general IEA Task 41 and distributed wind PowerPoint presentation for use by members |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
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Spring 2019 |
Complete
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D2 |
First annual progress report |
Fall 2019 |
Complete |
D3 |
Second annual progress report |
Fall 2020 |
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D4 |
Third annual progress report |
Fall 2021 |
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D5 |
Final report |
Fall 2022 |
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WP1 |
D6 |
Stakeholder forum to engage wind industry around the effectiveness or modifications of current standards for small and mid-size wind turbines in the United States |
NREL |
Winter 2019 |
Complete
M3 draft: Updating Domestic and International Standards for Distributed Wind Technology
M3 draft: Research Priorities: Domestic and International Standards for Distributed Wind Technology |
D7 |
Stakeholder forum to engage wind industry around the effectiveness or modifications of current standards for small and mid-size turbines in Europe |
Austria, Denmark, Ireland, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, United States, Germany |
Summer 2019 |
Complete |
D8 |
Stakeholder forum to engage wind industry around the effectiveness or modifications of current standards for small and mid-size turbines in Asia |
NREL, China |
Fall 2019 |
Delayed |
D9 |
Report on recommendations for potential standards changes that will be used to drive additional national and international research |
NREL |
Winter 2020 |
In progress, draft available |
WP2
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D10
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Specification of a data-sharing catalog including a review of needs, what metadata should be collected, and potential options for hosting the catalog |
PNNL, all |
Fall 2019 |
Complete |
D11 |
Development of data sharing, storage, and if needed security protocols for metadata to be stored on the platform. Specification of a potential data sharing portal that expands on the catalog |
Fall 2020 |
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D12 |
Development of a data instruction guide for the distributed wind data catalog |
Spring 2021 |
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WP3 |
D13 |
Summation of relevant international and defined national electrical standards, operational practices that would be applicable to distributed wind looking from the grid or microgrid perspective with a consideration of turbine size and complexity |
China, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Spain, United States |
Fall 2019 |
In progress |
D14 |
Based on initial work completed in the United States, review how distributed wind is modeled in distributed grid and microgrid systems, the availability of design tools and models, and an assessment of the modeling methods used for wind energy |
PNNL, DTU |
Fall 2019 |
Complete
Distributed Wind Representation in Modeling and Simulation Tools: An Assessment of Existing Tools
Review of Mini Grid Modeling Tools and Approaches |
D15 |
Assessment of levels of distributed wind system control, including a classification for distributed wind control strategies for high-contribution distributed grids, including capabilities of grid support and likely data needs for future wind systems |
NREL |
Summer 2020 |
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D16 |
Design or best-practice guide for the design of high-renewable-contribution isolated power systems |
NREL |
Fall 2020 |
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D17 |
State of the industry report for isolated microgrid power systems |
NREL |
Fall 2021 |
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WP4 |
D18 |
Development of an IEA Wind TCP task engagement plan to be reviewed by Task, including distributed wind research efforts that could be incorporated into future task proposals, allowing the consideration of distributed wind topics within other IEA Wind TPC efforts |
All |
Fall 2019 |
In progress, draft available |
D19 |
Identification of high-priority non-IEA Wind TCP stakeholders that could be a source for additional targeted engagement |
Summer 2020 |
In progress |
WP5 |
D20 |
Report on the potential opportunities for cost reductions in mid- and small-scale wind technology based on current LCOE-lowering technology innovations being applied to large and offshore turbine technologies |
CIEMAT (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas) |
Fall 2020 |
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