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Overview of preparation for the American WAKE ExperimeNt (AWAKEN)

Journal Article · · Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0141683· OSTI ID:2561504
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The American WAKE ExperimeNt (AWAKEN) is a multi-institutional field campaign focused on gathering critical observations of wind farm–atmosphere interactions. These interactions are responsible for a large portion of the uncertainty in wind plant modeling tools that are used to represent wind plant performance both prior to construction and during operation and can negatively impact wind energy profitability. The AWAKEN field campaign will provide data for validation, ultimately improving modeling and lowering these uncertainties. The field campaign is designed to address seven testable hypotheses through the analysis of the observations collected by numerous instruments at 13 ground-based locations and on five wind turbines. The location of the field campaign in Northern Oklahoma was chosen to leverage existing observational facilities operated by the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program in close proximity to five operating wind plants. The vast majority of the observations from the experiment are publicly available to researchers and industry members worldwide, which the authors hope will advance the state of the science for wind plants and lead to lower cost and increased reliability of wind energy systems.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830; AC36-08GO28308; AC52-07NA27344; NA0003525
Other Award/Contract Number:
03.006.2023
03EE3031A
OSTI ID:
2561504
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2468620
OSTI ID: 2475780
OSTI ID: 2516792
Report Number(s):
LLNL--JRNL-2001578; NREL/JA--5000-89973; PNNL-SA--181066; 053306
Journal Information:
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Journal Name: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 16; ISSN 1941-7012
Publisher:
American Institute of PhysicsCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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