13th Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy

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The 13th Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and is jointly organized by the AMS Energy and Renewable Energy Committees.

Call for Papers

Papers for the 13th Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy are solicited on the following:

Grid Operations and Energy Weather (Load, Resource, and Outage Forecasting, and General Grid Operations)

  • Wind Forecasting  
  • Latest research in wind forecasting
  • Solar Forecasting
  • Latest research in solar forecasting
  • Offshore Wind
  • Latest research in offshore wind energy development including met-ocean observations and modeling
  • Renewable Resource Assessment
  • The latest research on resource assessment for renewable energy production – wind, solar, hydrokinetic (wave, tidal, current)
  • Energy Resiliency: Extreme Weather and Climate Events
  • Impacts on energy generation, delivery and infrastructure today and in the future
  • Focus on events including:
  • Cold outbreaks and heatwaves
  • Wildfires
  • Renewable ‘Droughts’
  • Active Hurricane Seasons
  • Machine Learning Applications in the Energy Sector
  • Forecast Evaluation
  • Application Focused Methods, Metrics and Approaches – How are different methods better suited for different circumstances?
  • Forecast evaluation issues
  • Grid operations, renewables, etc.
  • Energy Weather in the Age of COVID-19
  • Impacts of COVID to meteorologists and others working within the energy industry
  • Meteorologists and Markets: How meteorologists use their skills trading energy commodities
  • General Topics in the Energy Sector

Conference Contacts

For additional information, please contact the program chairs: John Zack ([email protected]), Jeff Freedman ([email protected]), and Eric Wertz ([email protected]).