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Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-555-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-555-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
Research article
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14 Mar 2024
Research article |  | 14 Mar 2024

Seasonal variability of wake impacts on US mid-Atlantic offshore wind plant power production

David Rosencrans, Julie K. Lundquist, Mike Optis, Alex Rybchuk, Nicola Bodini, and Michael Rossol

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The US offshore wind industry is developing rapidly. Using yearlong simulations of wind plants in the US mid-Atlantic, we assess the impacts of wind turbine wakes. While wakes are the strongest and longest during summertime stably stratified conditions, when New England grid demand peaks, they are predictable and thus manageable. Over a year, wakes reduce power output by over 35 %. Wakes in a wind plant contribute the most to that reduction, while wakes between wind plants play a secondary role.
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