The effects of atmospheric stability on wind farm layout optimization

The power production of downstream wind turbines in a wind farm is significantly impacted by wake effects of upstream turbines. Improving the layout optimization process could reduce these wake losses and therefore result in more efficient wind farms. The wakes are also affected by atmospheric stability conditions, as stable conditions lead to a...

Site-specific validation of turbulence models on large offshore wind farms for improving fatigue assessment

Wind turbines installed in a wind farm are typically subject to increased turbulence because they are in the wake of upstream wind turbines that generate additional turbulence. Accurate prediction of turbulence in wind farms is critical as it is proportional to wind turbine fatigue loads, power losses and prediction of wind farm lifetime. IEC...

Evaluation of a wind farm parameterization in an operational mesoscale model

In the coming decade, the Dutch government plans to broadly expand its wind farm real estate over the North Sea region. This is a significant undertaking because, from literature, it is understood that wind turbines can affect the local environment. These impacts include, but are not limited to, changes in variables such as wind speed and...