Taking advantage of modern turbines

doi:10.1038/s41560-018-0168-2

Title: Taking advantage of modern turbines

Abstract

Here, wind facilities have generally deployed turbines of the same power and height in regular uniform arrays. Now, the modern generation of turbines, with customer-selectable tower heights and larger rotors, can significantly increase wind energy's economic potential using less land to generate cheaper electricity.

Authors:

Thresher, Robert ^[1]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Denver, CO (United States)

Publication Date:: 2018-05-14

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)

OSTI Identifier:: 1440734

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5000-71268
Journal ID: ISSN 2058-7546

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nature Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2058-7546

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 17 WIND ENERGY; wind energy; resource assessment; siting; turbine technology

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  title        = {Taking advantage of modern turbines},

  author       = {Thresher, Robert},

  abstractNote = {Here, wind facilities have generally deployed turbines of the same power and height in regular uniform arrays. Now, the modern generation of turbines, with customer-selectable tower heights and larger rotors, can significantly increase wind energy's economic potential using less land to generate cheaper electricity.},

  doi          = {10.1038/s41560-018-0168-2},

  journal      = {Nature Energy},

  number       = 6,

  volume       = 3,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {5}

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Fig. 1: A complex wind farm layout in Lowville, New York. The complex layout leads to low disruption of other land use activities.

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Simulation comparison of wake mitigation control strategies for a two-turbine case: Simulation comparison of wake mitigation control strategies for a two-turbine case journal, October 2014

Simulation comparison of wake mitigation control strategies for a two-turbine case: Simulation comparison of wake mitigation control strategies for a two-turbine case
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