Site: small wind farm in Germany; the client assumes distinctly higher wake losses than calculated in the original assessment report
Procedure: profound analysis of SCADA data, adapted model calculations
Results:
the met station data used in the wind assessment report turned out to be less appropiate for the site, which is influenced by very local effects, thus the wind rose of the met station is less representative
the frequency distribution of the wind speed of the met station data is also not representative for the site
thrust coefficients of the power curve of the wind turbines are too low as has often been observed by aj for this specific turbines manufacturer
very low turbulence at the site, i.e. the calculated wake losses are too low
Final result: wake losses more than doubled compared to the original calculations
In 2019, a wind measurement with a Sodar was completed successfully in the high mountains of Bosnia under winterly conditions. In 2019, a wind measurement with a Sodar was completed successfully in the high mountains of Bosnia under winterly conditions. In 2019, a wind measurement with a Sodar was completed successfully in the high mountains
aj completes successfully a wind measurement with Sodar to assess the wind shear on a site in Marocco. aj completes successfully a wind measurement with Sodar to assess the wind shear on a site in Marocco.
Oldershausen, 15 May 2018: A new study of aj shows that the wind resource of the years around 1990 cannot be considered as very exceptional any more. Consequently, these years must be included in the long term reference period, if the result should be balanced. Download of the report Wind D NAO-Index E 15.05.2018 aj