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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-273-2019
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-273-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Initial results from a field campaign of wake steering applied at a commercial wind farm – Part 1
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Jennifer King
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Katherine Dykes
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Eric Simley
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Jason Roadman
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Andrew Scholbrock
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Patrick Murphy
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Dept. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Julie K. Lundquist
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Dept. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Patrick Moriarty
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Katherine Fleming
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Jeroen van Dam
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Christopher Bay
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Rafael Mudafort
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, CO 80401, USA
Hector Lopez
NextEra Energy Resources, 700 Universe Blvd, Juno Beach, FL 33408
Jason Skopek
NextEra Energy Resources, 700 Universe Blvd, Juno Beach, FL 33408
Michael Scott
NextEra Energy Resources, 700 Universe Blvd, Juno Beach, FL 33408
Brady Ryan
NextEra Energy Resources, 700 Universe Blvd, Juno Beach, FL 33408
Charles Guernsey
NextEra Energy Resources, 700 Universe Blvd, Juno Beach, FL 33408
Dan Brake
NextEra Energy Resources, 700 Universe Blvd, Juno Beach, FL 33408
Model code and software
FLORIS J. King, R. Mudafort, P. Fleming, and C. Bay https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2672983
Short summary
Wake steering is a form of wind farm control in which turbines use yaw offsets to affect wakes in order to yield an increase in total energy production. In this first phase of a study of wake steering at a commercial wind farm, two turbines implement a schedule of offsets. For two closely spaced turbines, an approximate 14 % increase in energy was measured on the downstream turbine over a 10° sector, with a 4 % increase in energy production of the combined turbine pair.
Wake steering is a form of wind farm control in which turbines use yaw offsets to affect wakes...
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