Long-term research challenges in wind energy – a research agenda by the European Academy of Wind Energy

The European Academy of Wind Energy (eawe), representing universities and institutes with a significant wind energy programme in 14 countries, has discussed the long-term research challenges in wind energy. In contrast to research agendas addressing short- to medium-term research activities, this eawe document takes a longer-term perspective,...

A control-oriented dynamic wind farm flow model: "WFSim"

In this paper, we present and extend the dynamic medium fidelity control-oriented Wind Farm Simulator (WFSim) model. WFSim resolves flow fields in wind farms in a horizontal, two dimensional plane. It is based on the spatially and temporally discretised two dimensional Navier-Stokes equations and the continuity equation and solves for a...

Data-driven wind plant control

Each wind turbine in a cluster of wind turbines (a wind power plant) can influence the performance of other turbines through the wake that forms downstream of its rotor. The wake has a reduced wind velocity, since the turbine extracts energy from the flow, and the obstruction by the wind turbine rotor causes increased turbulence. If another...

A Control-Oriented Dynamic Model for Wakes in Wind Plants

In this paper, we present a novel control-oriented model for predicting wake effects in wind plants, called the FLOw Redirection and Induction Dynamics (FLORIDyn) model. The model predicts the wake locations and the effective flow velocities at each turbine, and the resulting turbine electrical energy productions, as a function of the control...