The initiative leverages RMSC’s on-demand supercomputing resources and Northrop Grumman’s site selection tool to help identify efficient and productive networks of wind and solar farms for renewable energy projects.
With support from the Montana Governor’s Office of Economic Development for a proof of concept, it has been demonstrated that MORE POWER can reduce the financing and operating costs of a network of wind energy farms and accelerate their return on investment.
The MORE POWER solution employs a network optimization model developed by Northrop Grumman for wind and/or solar farm site selection.
The solution uses wind and solar radiation databases developed by Northrop Grumman as the basis for choosing the most productive alternative energy farm locations.
The network optimization model and databases are hosted on RMSC computational resources where the actual computations are performed.
Northrop Grumman and RMSC are collaborating to provide MORE POWER services for the state of Montana to help establish governance guidelines for the state’s expansion of wind generation.
