ArcVera’s study finds long-distance wake losses offshore to be much greater than expected

ArcVera calls for further critical research into long-distance wake losses of offshore wind plants.

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Impacts of the Proposed US Direct Payment PTC Incentive for Renewable Energy Projects

This work studies the changes to project financial structure, risks, and IRR associated with the proposed “direct payment” method. (11/21/2021)

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Benefits of Mesoscale Modeling for Offshore Wind Energy Projects

Mesoscale modeling offers unique capabilities that lower the uncertainty of wind resource and site suitability estimates for offshore wind projects.

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Power Performance Tests for Wind Turbines: Practical Considerations, Key Steps, and Other Essential Insights

In this article, ArcVera answers some of the most frequently questions about power performance tests asked by clients, prospects, and partners.

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Diagnosing weather-driven financial risk in hedges – Understanding the financial impact of Texas’ latest cold weather event

A contribution from ArcVera's CEO Gregory S. Poulos to the Norton Rose Fulbright Project Finance Newswire

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Mesoscale and Microscale Modeling for Wind Energy Applications: Next-Generation Numerical Weather Prediction for Wind Flow Modeling

This article provides an overview of mesoscale modeling and its application to wind projects to improve P50 estimates and reduce uncertainty.

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Bifacial Solar Module Performance – Technical Commentary

ArcVera Renewables’ technological assessment concludes that bifacial technology will find beneficial application in a significant number of PV plants, with 3-10% production gains.

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Wind Farm Performance: The Last 10 Years

The changes in wind energy resource assessment or energy yield analysis are significant over the last 10 years. The situation 10 years ago was that such assessments were criticized by financial institutions as 8-10% below average, on average. This under-performance is near P90 net energy. The criticism was justified and the source of the under-performance...

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Wind Energy Resource Assessment Benchmark

Implications of a wind energy resource assessment for wind farm project development.

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