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American WAKE Experiment (AWAKEN) Field Campaign Report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/3001948· OSTI ID:3001948
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  1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
  3. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
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The American WAKE experimeNt (AWAKEN) was a large-scale, international collaborative field campaign funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office. Its main purpose was to gather detailed observations of wind farm-atmosphere interactions to improve understanding of wind farm physics, validate and improve simulation tools, lower uncertainties in wind farm modeling, understand environmental impacts, and ultimately reduce the cost and increase the reliability of wind energy systems. The campaign specifically focused on seven testable hypotheses that include characterizing wind turbine and wind farm wake effects, wind farm blockage, turbulent mixing, structural loading impacts, local environmental impacts, and testing wind farm control technologies. AWAKEN was a highly collaborative effort involving numerous agencies, including: DOE, through the Wind Energy Technologies Office and the Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility, the U.S. Department of Commerce through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, many American universities, and internationally funded collaborators from Germany and Brazil.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Contributing Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
3001948
Report Number(s):
DOE-SC-ARM--25-019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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