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12 Nov 2021
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Results from a wake-steering experiment at a commercial wind plant: investigating the wind speed dependence of wake-steering performance
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
Nicolas Girard
ENGIE Digital, 6 rue Alexander Fleming, 69007 Lyon, France
Lucas Alloin
ENGIE Green, 6 rue Alexander Fleming, 69007 Lyon, France
Emma Godefroy
ENGIE Green, 6 rue Alexander Fleming, 69007 Lyon, France
Thomas Duc
ENGIE Green, 6 rue Alexander Fleming, 69007 Lyon, France
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Short summary
Wake steering is a wind farm control strategy in which upstream wind turbines are misaligned with the wind to deflect their low-velocity wakes away from downstream turbines, increasing overall power production. Here, we present results from a two-turbine wake-steering experiment at a commercial wind plant. By analyzing the wind speed dependence of wake steering, we find that the energy gained tends to increase for higher wind speeds because of both the wind conditions and turbine operation.
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