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Global trends in the performance of large wind farms based on high-fidelity simulations
DTU Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Simon-Philippe Breton
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Campus Gotland, Cramérgatan 3, 62 157 Visby, Sweden
Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2121 Route Transcanadienne, Dorval, Quebec, H9P 1J3, Canada
Björn Witha
energy & meteo systems GmbH, Oskar-Homt-Str. 1, 26131 Oldenburg, Germany
now at: ForWind – Center for Wind Energy Research, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Küpkersweg 70, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Stefan Ivanell
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Campus Gotland, Cramérgatan 3, 62 157 Visby, Sweden
Jens Nørkær Sørensen
DTU Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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The complexity of wind farm operation increases as the wind farms get larger and larger. Therefore, researchers from three universities have simulated numerous different large wind farms as part of an international benchmark. The study shows how simple engineering models can capture the general trends, but high-fidelity simulations are required in order to quantify the variability and uncertainty associated with power production of the wind farms and hence the potential profitability and risks.
The complexity of wind farm operation increases as the wind farms get larger and larger....
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