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Release Notes

Projects & Configurations

May 3rd 2023

Setup projects and configurations within minutes and model site and configuration specific AEP, Capture Price and Revenue in seconds. Onboarding of our beta users to share early feedback and incorporate specific user requirements.

Feature update

  • Identity Management to LOGIN and checkout our beta version  
  • Setup your PROJECT sites incl. basic constraints  
  • Access site specific RESOURCE CONDITIONS for Wind (ERA5, GWA) and Solar (ERA5)  
  • Create and compare multiple CONFIGURATIONS for Wind, Solar or Hybrids  
  • Modelling of real time RESULTS to access site and configuration specific AEP, Capture Price & Revenue 
  • Countries: EU States plus Norway, Ukraine, UK but without Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Ireland

Whats Next

  • “Free trial” user license to get first hand user experience  

  • Create Wind Farm Layouts  

  • Site and layout specific consideration of speed-up effects to model energy production  

  • Carbon Displacement maps and 12x24 matrix for Europe

Past Releases

Maps - Future Market Prices

January 2023

Feature update

  • Forecast of future hourly day-ahead market prices based on THEMA Scenario "Base Case" available

  • Select year 2030 to discover the best performing sites within a volatile merchant market environment across all Value Creation metrics

  • Countries: EU States plus Norway, Ukraine, UK but without Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Ireland

Maps - Hybrid Power Plants

January 2023

Feature update

  • Hybrid power plants are available! Start to explore the combination of Wind and Solar now.

  • Apply different hybrid capacity ratios to discover the Hybrid Resource Intensity and all other metrics at diverse locations and site conditions

Maps - Solar

December 2022

Feature update

  • Solar power plants are available

Resource Availability

  • Region: Global

  • Source: Wind, Solar

  • Metrics: 
    - Wind Speed (@ 100 m hub height), Long-term Average 2008-2018
    - Solar Radiation, Long-term Average 2008-2021

Energy Production

  • Region: Europe (1)

  • Metrics: Annual Energy Production, Capacity Factor, 24/7 Green Energy

  • Wind Calculation: Based on generic wind turbine power curves at standard air density 1,225 kg/m³

  • Solar Calculation: Based on generic solar panel with tilt angle equal to latitude of the coordinate and azimuth angle depends on hemisphere and static assumptions for temperature and wind speeds

Value Creation

  • Region: Europe (1)

  • Metrics: Day-ahead Market Price, Day-ahead Revenue, Capture Price, Capture Rate

  • Calculation: Based on historical hourly Day-ahead Market Prices available for the years 2018/19/20/21

Maps - Wind

November 2022

Pre-Release with focus on

  • Start your journey to explore which project locations and technology choices are performing best within a volatile merchant market environment

  • Data foundation to share new insights on hourly resolution, connecting day-ahead market prices with available resources and technology choices for Europe

  • Intuitive maps visualise for each location wind resource availability, related energy production and provide insights on the value creation potential based on historical day-ahead prices

  • Select a specific position to discover the hourly distribution for specific years with the 12-month x 24-hours matrix

  • Generic wind turbine technology choices covering ultra low to high wind speeds with a specific rating from 180 W/m² to 350 W/m²

Resource Availability

  • Region: Global

  • Source: Wind

  • Metrics: Wind Speed (@ 100 m hub height), Long-term Average 2008-2018

Value Creation

  • Region: Europe (1)

  • Metrics: Day-ahead Market Price, Day-ahead Revenue, Capture Price, Capture Rate

  • Calculation: Based on historical hourly Day-ahead Market Prices available for the years 2018/19/20/21

Pre-Release Maps - Wind

September 2022

Pre-Release with focus on

  • Initial wind related data pipelines established

  • Initial set of metrics with focus on Resource Availability and Value Creation

  • Initial visualisation in maps and matrix with metric specific mix of high and lower resolution data

Resource Availability

  • Region: Europe

  • Source: Wind

  • Metrics: Wind Speed (@ 100 m hub height), Long-term Average

Value Creation

  • Region: Europe (1)

  • Metrics: Day-ahead Market Price, Capture Price, Capture Rate

  • Calculation: Based on historical hourly Day-ahead Market Prices available for the years 2018/19/20/21

(1) EU states plus Switzerland, Norway, Ukraine, UK (only for years 2015- 2020)