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High-resolution Italian DEM– TINITALY – now in windPRO
The Italian Elevation Model – TINITALY – is a seamless digital elevation model that covers the territory of Italy. It is produced by Tarquini et al – using a Triangular Irregular Network (TIN) approach – and built from separate elevation models...
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Now in windPRO – Near-Global Forest Canopy Heights
The ”Near-Global Forest Canopy Heights GLAD” dataset is developed from a fusion of GEDI lidar data (Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation Lidar) and Landsat imagery data. It has a near-global spatial coverage ranging from latitudes S52.0 to N52.0, and it reflects...
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Farewell to SRTM? A new global elevation model is here!
Over the years, tens of thousands of potential wind farm sites have relied on the excellent Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) data as one of the main data-sources for on-site orography. Many of us are still using SRTM data and more than 50% of all elevation...
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Update of French Orthophoto Mosaic in windPRO
The Institut National de l’Information Geographique et Forestiére (IGN) has begun releasing higher resolution and updated versions of the French orthophotos. In windPRO, we have now replaced the existing 5m resolution version with its higher resolution counterparts;...
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Pit thermal energy storage
Pit thermal energy storage (PTES) combined with solar collector systems and other technologies such as e.g. CHP, ORC, boilers and heat pumps is an attractive solution to utilize long-term stored excess heat and consequently to de-carbonize the heat supply. It can be...
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windPRO is now also SOLAR
Over the last two years, EMD has been working on a new Solar PV module which is now ready in windPRO 3.4. In case you have never worked with solar farms before, don’t worry, the Solar PV module is straight forward to use: Digitize area to fill with panels Define...
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EU-DEM version 1.1 is now available from within windPRO!
This update provides access to elevation data at a 25m grid resolution from a Pan-European domain. The version 1.1 is improved over the version 1.0 by using ICESat as a reference level along with correcting more than 75000 artefacts found in the version 1.0. Read more...
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High Resolution Global Land Cover Data – 100m – Now in windPRO
As wind energy analysts, we often find ourselves using land-cover datasets as the starting point of making our roughness classification models. Until now, the spatial resolution of the global land cover datasets has been limited to about 300m. This obviously limits the...
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Corine Land Cover Product – 2018 Version – Now in windPRO
For our European users of windPRO: The Corine Land Cover 2018 version is now available from windPRO 3.3+. This version supersedes the 2012 and 2006 releases, which are still available in windPRO though. The Corine Land Cover product is very popular as a starting point...
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Danish KU Forest Inventory – Tree Heights Now Available Directly in windPRO
A map of the forest heights for Denmark – derived from a dataset developed by the Danish University of Copenhagen – Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management – is now available as an online data service for users of windPRO 3.3+. If you...
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New Belgium-Walloon Elevation Dataset available in windPRO
The Belgium-Walloon 5m and 25m elevation models (Relief de la Wallonie, Modèle Numérique de Terrain (MNT) 2013-2014) are digital terrain models (DTM) produced by EMD from 1m gridded data released by the “Service public de Wallonie (SPW)”. The elevation...
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New EMD-WRF South Korea (ERA5) Mesoscale data set released
EMD has just launched a new premium EMD-WRF South Korea (ERA5) mesoscale data set based on ERA5 reanalysis data as the global boundary data set used in the WRF model setup. The new data set covers more than 45,000 time series ready to be downloaded instantly through...
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Brandenburg High Quality DTM’s – 5m and 20m – Now in windPRO
Two high-quality digital elevation models (DTM’s) in 5m and 20m resolution and covering the German state of Brandenburg have now been added to the online-services of windPRO 3.3. These elevation models are adapted versions of higher resolution models obtained by...
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Improved flow modelling at cold climate sites through novel land-surface data from satellite sources
On behalf of the InnoWind project team, Morten L. Thøgernsen from EMD will be presenting this topic at the Winterwind conference in Åre, Sweden next week. The presentation will take place on Tuesday February 4th at 11:00-12:30. As wind-analysts, the setup and...
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Fast and cost efficient – EMD-WRF Europe+ MesoScale Data Set advantages
Did you know that the EMD-WRF Europe+ mesoscale data set is offered to windPRO users on annual subscription terms at very attractive prices? With a subscription you will have instant access to more than 2.5 million onshore and offshore time series ready for download...
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windPRO used in more than 100 countries!
Celebrating milestones is important. In 2019 we passed a milestone as our windPRO software package for design and planning of wind farm projects is now used in more than 100 countries around the globe. We are really proud of this and look forward to adding more...
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Berlin and Hamburg – High-Quality Elevation Models – Now in windPRO
Two high-quality digital elevation models for the German states (Bundesländer) of Berlin and Hamburg have now been added to windPRO. Both models are available at a resolution of 5m. Read more at our windPRO wiki: German Berlin Elevation Model German Hamburg Elevation...
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Tired of waiting for updated reference data? ERA5(T) is now freely available in windPRO to fast-track your decisions!
ERA5(T) in windPRO is a globally comprehensive reference wind dataset with minimal lag in time. Traditional reference datasets, such as ERA5, MERRA2 or ERA-Interim, are available with a lag to real-time of one to three months, which typically results in compromising...
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New validation report for EMD-WRF Europe+
In June 2019 EMD released the new pre-run EMD-WRF Europe+ mesoscale dataset based on ERA5 data (“EMD-EUR+”). See details and prices for EMD-EUR+ here. EMD has now published a report on the validation results for EMD-EUR+. Below a few highlights about...
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