With the new Texas locations, Onsemble will offer real-time, hub-height wind data near 95% of the state’s wind farms.
The new network equates to more than 100 hub-height observation points from towers strategically located in close proximity to the wind farms in Texas.
Onsemble said its sensors measure wind speed, direction and temperature, and provide high-resolution data reports in 10-minute intervals to strengthen wind energy forecasts critical to grid operators, utilities, power traders and wind farm operators.
Internal studies show that Onsemble’s real-time data could potentially provide double-digit reductions in forecast error from short-term out to 24-hour lead times.
The company claims that these improvements to forecasting accuracy are achieved via better data, captured at hub-height and other levels throughout the rotor plane.
In addition to ERCOT, Onsemble is currently operating its real-time data network in the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the Public Service Company of Colorado and the Southwest Power Pool utility markets, with a nationwide build-out planned through 2012.
