Vertum Software

User Assumptions

• Site location
• Technology specifics
• Electricity pricing information
• Past performance (if available)

Technology Database Input

• Other energy technologies
• Energy storage options
• Turbine characteristics

Climate Data

• 50 years of past-climate simulations
• Future climate projections
• Proprietary observations
• Publicly available observations
• Trend analysis and statistics
• Past performance (if available)

Natural Variability of Resource

• Various time scales:
• Monthly
• Seasonal
• Annual
• Decadal
• Extreme weather statistics

Climate Change

• Business-as-usual projection
• Current trend continuation
• Range of projected IPCC scenarios
• Best and worst case scenarios for site

Optimization

• Technology portfolio analysis
• Multiple-site comparison
• Power output vs. revenues

Visualization and Data Analysis

• Interactive graphs and maps of data
• Spreadsheet downloads of output
• Simple financial models