I wrote my MSc dissertation on data sources for long-term wind resource prediction using MCP. When looking at what people had done in the past, I realised researchers had limited the number of comparisons they had done in studies into MCP methods/data sources because they couldn't easily automate the process.
I decided a freely available library would help the matter.
At time of writing, FreeWind is a slightly disorganised Python library, saved amongst all the other work for my dissertation. It wraps some useful bits and pieces from projects like Scipy, implements a few functions useful for wind energy analysis/engineering, and, most importantly, provides a framework for testing and using MCP methods.
Once I have finished this README, I will start adding parts of the project in pieces, refactoring and restructuring as I go.
In the first place, the code needs tidying and testing. Further MCP methods need implementing, and the existing ones need documenting.
More ambitiously, I would like it to be developed into a larger library of open source tools for wind energy researchers and professionals to make scripting repetitive tasks convenient.
Finally (long-term goal), I would love to see FreeWind used as the foundation for a freely available GUI for all sorts of wind energy applications.
(please help expand this list)
https://github.com/NREL/SAM "SAM is a simulation program for electricity generation projects."