Ciego de Ávila: develop software to predict generation … – Invader

Waiting for validation to the Scientific Council of Meteorological Institute and another group of experts avileño’s a software that will predict the power generation Cubans wind farms, designed by a team of specialists from Ciego de Ávila, led by Felipe Matos Pupo, researcher Center Cayo Coco Coastal Ecosystems .

According Invader told fellow candidate for Doctor of Science, this is a project that began in 2007 and based its analysis on the first Demonstration Wind Farm Turiguanó , north of Ciego de Avila, the first of its kind in Cuba.

MoSimpre , so the software is named, is the first experience in Cuba on the generation and is predicting great application because not only allow to determine in advance the energy intake, but the actions scheduled maintenance and repair of wind turbines.

From the study of the winds, taking into account variables such as time of year and the geographical location of parks, MoSimpre “will provide scheduled freight forwarders energy requirements for a given period of operation, more accurately solve network constraints, handle spinning reserves and manage real-time operation safer, “said Matos Pupo.

15 years since Felipe Matos works in the CIEC and nearly a decade studying winds

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The initial project, which was also attended Luis M. Batista Tamayo and Ing. Adonis Perez Lorenzo, teachers and students of the Central University of Las Villas, which complemented joined the study from the computational point of view.

Felipe Matos Pupo is a candidate for Doctor of Science research in the field of paleotempestology, that is, the study of hurricanes of the past.

Cuba currently has three wind farms: two located in Gibara, Holguin, and one in the archipelago Canarreos on the Isle of Youth; in addition to the demonstration of Turiguanó. In 2015 was released a plan in the medium and long term for the construction of 13 parks with different funding sources.

It is estimated that the use of these and other renewable energy sources would save the country about 780 million dollars annually on account of oil imports.

The possible locations of site They are based on the Wind Atlas Cuba . According avileño researcher in Ciego de Avila he said the locations of more exploration are located on the north coast. Turiguanó, Cayo Coco and Punta Alegre

Invader will soon offer dialogue with This scientist, in which software and other data will be provided academic exercise.

Still input renewable sources is not significant compared to the total generation by fossil fuels and their derivatives. Source National Bureau of Statistics and Information