Impact of inflow conditions and turbine placement on the performance of offshore wind turbines exceeding 7&thinsp;MW

Vratsinis, Konstantinos; Marini, Rebeca; Daems, Pieter-Jan; Pauscher, Lukas; van Beeck, Jeroen; Helsen, Jan

doi:10.5194/wes-11-1803-2026

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-1803-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-1803-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

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20 May 2026

Research article |

| 20 May 2026

Impact of inflow conditions and turbine placement on the performance of offshore wind turbines exceeding 7 MW

Konstantinos Vratsinis, Rebeca Marini, Pieter-Jan Daems, Lukas Pauscher, Jeroen van Beeck, and Jan Helsen

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Using data collected over 13 months at an offshore wind farm, our study shows that a wind turbine’s position within the farm influences its energy output at a given nacelle-measured wind speed. Front-row turbines respond differently to similar wind speeds and turbulence than those further back. This finding suggests that current methods for characterizing inflow conditions may not fully capture actual wind behavior, underscoring the need for improved performance analysis techniques.