Session 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy


AI Applications in the Energy Sector
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Predictive Intelligence for Lightning Events: A Machine Learning Solution to Mitigate Risks in Power Energy Operations
Luis Pavam, UFPR - Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; SIMEPAR - Parana Environmental Technology and Monitoring Service, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; and C. Beneti, L. E. S. Oliveira, M. A. Z. Alves, and L. Calvetti

12:00 AM
Improving the Accuracy of Wind Gust Forecasts for Power Distribution Systems
Rafael Toshio Inouye, SIMEPAR - Parana Environmental Technology and Monitoring Service, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; and C. Beneti, L. Calvetti, L. E. S. Oliveira, and S. Paz

12:00 AM
From High Impact Weather Nowcasting to Power Outage Prediction using Machine Learning Algorithms - A Short-Term RTO Project in Southern Brazil
Cesar Beneti, SIMEPAR - Parana Environmental Technology and Weather Monitoring Service, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; and L. Calvetti, S. Paz, J. Silva Jr., R. T. Inouye, F. Verdelho, R. Lins da Rocha Jr., L. Pavam, G. Rasera, and M. V. Cardoso


Communication of and response to weather hazards within utilities and the electric sector including case studies
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Effects of Solar & Wind Plants on Local Weather & Climate
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Energy Storage, Distributed Resources, & Demand Side Management
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Fire weather and Public Safety Power Shutoff forecasting
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
A Deep Learning Approach to Building Real Time Diagnostics of Fire Weather Risk in Southern California
Charles Jones, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA; and C. F. Thompson, D. M. Siuta, D. Seto, and N. Sette

12:00 AM
Assessment of Fire Danger for the Italian Power Utilities using the MERIDA HRES Reanalysis
Filippo D'Amico, RSE S.p.A., Milano, MI, Italy; and F. Viterbo, R. Bonanno, E. Collino, and M. Lacavalla


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Forecast Evaluation and Use of Probabilistic Forecasts for Energy Applications
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Grid Operations and Energy Weather/Energy Resiliency: Extreme Weather and Climate Events
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Extreme Weather and Natural Hazard Impacts to Grid Operations: A Focus On Utility-Scale Solar
Nicole Jackson, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; and T. Gunda, S. Dhulipala, and S. Awara

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12:00 AM
Simulation of Power Grid Outages from Historical Landfalling Hurricanes in the Northeast United States
Xinxuan Zhang, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and P. Patlakas, E. Anagnoustou, S. Emmanouil, D. Cerrai, and I. Chaniotis

12:00 AM
Enhancing Electric Grid Management through Climate-Driven Energy Demand Forecasting Models
Buket Sahin, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and D. W. Wanik


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Hydrokinetic & Marine Energy: Resource Assessment, Forecasting, and Development
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Integrated Energy System Modeling
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Intersection of Weather & Climate with Energy Equity and Environmental Justice
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Load Forecasting in a Transitioning Energy Economy
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Machine Learning Applications in the Energy Sector
Hosts: (Joint between the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; and the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Offshore Wind Forecasting
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Impacts of tropical and extratropical cyclones on future offshore wind energy over the U.S. Atlantic Coast
Jiali Wang, ANL, Lemont, IL; and P. Xue, W. J. Pringle, M. Churchfield, S. Feng, and S. E. Haupt

12:00 AM
Assessing Climate Change Impact on Green (Wind) Energy Resources in the Northeast U.S. using a Statistical Downscaling Approach
Tasnim Zaman, University of Connecticut, Willington, CT; University of Connecticut (UCONN) - Storrs, CT, Storrs-Mansfield, CT; and M. Astitha, G. Wang, M. Zahan Badhan, and E. D. Gutmann

12:00 AM
Using Machine Learning to Improve Offshore Wind Resource Assessment and Forecasting
Nicole Ma, Sage Hill School, Newport Coast, CA; and B. A. Colle


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Offshore Wind Resource Assessment
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Offshore Wind Profile Maps Developed using Machine Learning Techniques over the USA Coastal Region
James Joseph Frech, ESSIC/CISESS UMD, Silver Spring, MD; and K. Saha, H. M. Zhang, and P. J. Hogan

12:00 AM
Uncertainty Quantification of Modeled Wind Speed Using Different WRF PBL Schemes for Puerto Rico
Jaemo Yang, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and M. Sengupta, Ph.D., Y. Xie, and H. H. Shin

12:00 AM
Hurricane Impacts on US East Coast Offshore Wind Energy Lease Areas
Kelsey Thompson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and R. J. Barthelmie, X. Zhou, and S. C. Pryor


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Onshore Wind Forecasting
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Historical Attribution and Future Projection of the Changes in Near-surface Wind Speed in China
Hairong Li, Sun Yat-sen University, ZhuHai, Guangdong, China; and S. Yang and K. Deng

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Evaluating the Ability of the HRRRv3 and HRRRv4 to Forecast Wind Ramp Events in the Great Plains
Reagan N Mendeke, CIRES, Boulder, CO; NOAA, Boulder, CO; OU, Norman, OK; and D. D. Turner, L. Bianco, and I. V. Djalalova


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Onshore Wind Resource Assessment
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Other Energy-Related Topics
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Statistical Downscaling and Bias Correction of Future Solar Radiation Projections for CONUS
Manajit Sengupta, Ph.D., National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and J. Yang, A. Habte, Y. Xie, D. Nychka, M. Bailey, and S. Bandyopadhyay


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Solar Forecasting
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
The challenge of intermittency: Probabilistic spatiotemporal forecasting of photovoltaic energy production
Alberto Carpentieri, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Biel, Bern, Switzerland; ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; and D. Folini, M. Wild, and A. Meyer

12:00 AM
Finding Reliable WRF-Solar Physics Options for Forecasting Clouds and Solar Irradiance Using the NSRDB
Jaemo Yang, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and J. H. Kim, M. Sengupta, Ph.D., P. A. Jimenez, J. Dudhia, S. Alessandrini, Y. Xie, and A. Habte

12:00 AM
Forecast Accuracy of Reduced Solar Power Generation in U.S. Regional Transmission Organizations During the 2023 Solar Eclipse
Leigh Ann Munchak, Maxar Technologies, Westminster, CO; and L. Campbell, M. Hoosein, L. Butler, and T. Hartman

12:00 AM
The Relationship of Smoke and Solar Radiation
Evan Chladny, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK


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Solar Resource Assessment
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Transportation and Energy
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Weather Data Sharing Challenges in the Energy Community
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Addressing an Energy Sector Need for Comprehensive Quality Controlled Historical Weather Data Platform in Western North America
Victoria Ford, Eagle Rock Analytics, Sacramento, CA; and G. J. Di Cecco, O. M. Doherty, S. Buddhavarapu, B. McClenny, H. A. I. Diaz, M. Koenig, and N. Freitas


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Wind Wake Modeling Across Scales
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Dynamic Wind Loading on CSP Collectors caused by Turbulent Wind Fluctuations: Insights from a 2-year Field Campaign Data Set
Ulrike Egerer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO; and S. Dana, D. Jager, and S. Yellapantula