Atmospheric Characterization of the US Offshore Sites and Impact on Turbine Performance (Poster)

Conference · Tue Oct 25 04:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1335464

Arora, Dhiraj ^[1]; Ehrmann, Robert ^[2]; Zuo, Delong ^[3]; Xiao, Jingting ^[3]

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1. Alstom Renewable US LLC; Alstom Renewable US LLC (GE Subsidiary)
2. Alstom Renewable US LLC
3. Texas Tech University

Reliable, long term offshore atmospheric data is critical to development of the US offshore wind industry. There exists significant lack of meteorological, oceanographic, and geological data at potential US offshore sites. Assessment of wind resources at heights in the range of 25-200m is needed to understand and characterize offshore wind turbine performance. Data from the US Department of Energy owned WindSentinel buoy from two US offshore sites and one European site is analyzed. Low Level Jet (LLJ) phenomena and its potential impact on the performance of an offshore wind turbine is investigated.

• Research Organization: Alstom Renewable US LLC (GE Subsidiary), pka Alstom Power Inc
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
• Contributing Organization: GE Renewable Energy, Texas Tech University
• DOE Contract Number: EE0005494
• OSTI ID: 1335464
• Report Number(s): DOE-Alstom-0005494
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
atmospheric data
geological
offshore
low level jets
meteorological: oceanographic
wind resources
wind turbine performance