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Apr 10, 2014 20:41
10 yrs ago
English term
P50
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English to Spanish
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
power generation project extract
The project developer has contracted a third party engineering company to evaluate the almost 3 years historical data collected at the project site in order to estimate the long term average electricity generation with 50% probability of occurrence in any given year (P50).
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Apr 26, 2014 02:46: patinba Created KOG entry
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P (probabilidad) 50
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One of the big risks for wind (not to mention solar) developers is the variability of their fuel source. While day ahead and hour ahead forecasting is getting better by the day, no developer can guarantee that a site with a history of strong and sustained gusts won’t go flukey for a season or two and underproduce. Thus, to protect themselves against such shortfalls and possible loan defaults, lenders and investors have implemented production requirements on potential projects. These requirements involve the calculation of exceedance probabilities for wind-driven energy production, which are expressed as P values (the “P” stands for probability). P90 denotes the level of annual wind-driven electricity generation that is forecasted to be exceeded 90% of the year. P50 is average level of generation: half of the year’s output is expected to surpass this level, and the other half is predicted to fall below it.
The math behind the calculation of exceedance probabilities isn’t difficult, but it bears a quick explanation for a more thorough understanding the P value’s importance in the development and financing of wind projects
One of the big risks for wind (not to mention solar) developers is the variability of their fuel source. While day ahead and hour ahead forecasting is getting better by the day, no developer can guarantee that a site with a history of strong and sustained gusts won’t go flukey for a season or two and underproduce. Thus, to protect themselves against such shortfalls and possible loan defaults, lenders and investors have implemented production requirements on potential projects. These requirements involve the calculation of exceedance probabilities for wind-driven energy production, which are expressed as P values (the “P” stands for probability). P90 denotes the level of annual wind-driven electricity generation that is forecasted to be exceeded 90% of the year. P50 is average level of generation: half of the year’s output is expected to surpass this level, and the other half is predicted to fall below it.
The math behind the calculation of exceedance probabilities isn’t difficult, but it bears a quick explanation for a more thorough understanding the P value’s importance in the development and financing of wind projects
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