Field experiment for open-loop yaw-based wake steering at a commercial onshore wind farm in Italy

Doekemeijer, Bart M.; Kern, Stefan; Maturu, Sivateja; Kanev, Stoyan; Salbert, Bastian; Schreiber, Johannes; Campagnolo, Filippo; Bottasso, Carlo L.; Schuler, Simone; Wilts, Friedrich; Neumann, Thomas; Potenza, Giancarlo; Calabretta, Fabio; Fioretti, Federico; van Wingerden, Jan-Willem

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-159-2021

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-159-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-159-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

Research article

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27 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 27 Jan 2021

Field experiment for open-loop yaw-based wake steering at a commercial onshore wind farm in Italy

Bart M. Doekemeijer, Stefan Kern, Sivateja Maturu, Stoyan Kanev, Bastian Salbert, Johannes Schreiber, Filippo Campagnolo, Carlo L. Bottasso, Simone Schuler, Friedrich Wilts, Thomas Neumann, Giancarlo Potenza, Fabio Calabretta, Federico Fioretti, and Jan-Willem van Wingerden

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RC1: 'Review', David Verelst, 27 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Aug 2020
AC1: 'Response to reviewers', Bart M. Doekemeijer, 26 Oct 2020

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AR by Bart M. Doekemeijer on behalf of the Authors (26 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Oct 2020) by Johan Meyers

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (12 Nov 2020)

RR by David Verelst (23 Nov 2020)

ED: Publish as is (23 Nov 2020) by Johan Meyers

ED: Publish as is (03 Dec 2020) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)

AR by Bart M. Doekemeijer on behalf of the Authors (13 Dec 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

This article presents the results of a field experiment investigating wake steering on an onshore wind farm. The measurements show that wake steering leads to increases in power production of up to 35 % for two-turbine interactions and up to 16 % for three-turbine interactions. However, losses in power production are seen for various regions of wind directions. The results suggest that further research is necessary before wake steering will consistently lead to energy gains in wind farms.