Construction and validation of a wake model for offshore wind farms
Event details
| Date | 25.09.2013 |
| Hour | 14:00 › 15:00 |
| Speaker | Dr. Nicolai Gayle Nygaard |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Notwithstanding 20 years of offshore wind farming many aspects of wakes remain unresolved. Since wakes account for the single largest source of losses in an offshore wind farm, it is critical to accurately account for their influence on production. This becomes ever more prescient as wind farms increase in size and are clustered closely together. At DONG Energy we are constructing an empirical wake model to be used in resource assessment. Our model is based on a more than 10 years of data from a range of DONG Energy’s operational offshore wind farms. This allows us to identify the universal wake characteristics. In the presentation I will show validation results, where the model is compared with data from a set of wind farm, which were not included in the model development. I will also highlight some of the challenges facing the industry as wind farms increase in size.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Fernando Porté Agel
Contact
- Corinne Weibel