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Research article
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11 Sep 2020
Research article |
| 11 Sep 2020
| 11 Sep 2020
How wind speed shear and directional veer affect the power production of a megawatt-scale operational wind turbine
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, 408 ATG, Seattle, WA 98195-1640, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 20 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Julie K. Lundquist
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 20 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Paul Fleming
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
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Short summary
We present and evaluate an improved method for predicting wind turbine power production based on measurements of the wind speed and direction profile across the rotor disk for a wind turbine in complex terrain. By comparing predictions to actual power production from a utility-scale wind turbine, we show this method is more accurate than methods based on hub-height wind speed or surface-based atmospheric characterization.
We present and evaluate an improved method for predicting wind turbine power production based on...
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