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Wake properties and power output of very large wind farms for different meteorological conditions and turbine spacings: a large-eddy simulation case study for the German Bight
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany
Siegfried Raasch
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany
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In the future there will be very large wind farm clusters in the German Bight. This study investigates how the wind field is affected by these very large wind farms and how much energy can be extracted by the wind turbines. Very large wind farms do not only reduce the wind speed but can also cause a change in wind direction or temperature. The extractable energy per wind turbine is much smaller for large wind farms than for small wind farms due to the reduced wind speed inside the wind farms.
In the future there will be very large wind farm clusters in the German Bight. This study...
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