Initial Results From a Field Campaign of Wake Steering Applied at a Commercial Wind Farm: Part 1
Abstract
Wake steering is a form of wind farm control in which turbines use yaw offsets to affect wakes in order to yield an increase in total energy production. In this first phase of a study of wake steering at a commercial wind farm, two turbines implement a schedule of offsets. Results exploring the observed performance of wake steering are presented, as well as some first lessons learned. For two closely spaced turbines, an approximate 13 % increase in energy was measured on the downstream turbine over a 10° sector. Additionally, the increase of energy for the combined upstream/downstream pair was found to be in line with prior predictions. Lastly, the influence of atmospheric stability over the results is explored.
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- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- NextEra Energy Resources, Juno Beach, FL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (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:
- 1500074
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5000-72998
Journal ID: ISSN 2366-7621
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Wind Energy Science Discussions
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2366-7621
- Publisher:
- European Academy of Wind Energy - Copernicus
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 17 WIND ENERGY; wake steering; wind farm control
Citation Formats
Fleming, Paul, King, Jennifer R., Dykes, Katherine L., Simley, Eric J., Roadman, Jason M., Scholbrock, Andrew K., Murphy, Patrick, Lundquist, Julie K., Moriarty, Patrick J., Fleming, Katherine A., van Dam, Jeroen, Bay, Christopher, Mudafort, Rafael M., Lopez, Hector, Skopek, Jason, Scott, Michael, Ryan, Brady, Guernsey, Charles, and Brake, Dan. Initial Results From a Field Campaign of Wake Steering Applied at a Commercial Wind Farm: Part 1. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.5194/wes-2019-5.
Fleming, Paul, King, Jennifer R., Dykes, Katherine L., Simley, Eric J., Roadman, Jason M., Scholbrock, Andrew K., Murphy, Patrick, Lundquist, Julie K., Moriarty, Patrick J., Fleming, Katherine A., van Dam, Jeroen, Bay, Christopher, Mudafort, Rafael M., Lopez, Hector, Skopek, Jason, Scott, Michael, Ryan, Brady, Guernsey, Charles, & Brake, Dan. Initial Results From a Field Campaign of Wake Steering Applied at a Commercial Wind Farm: Part 1. United States. https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2019-5
Fleming, Paul, King, Jennifer R., Dykes, Katherine L., Simley, Eric J., Roadman, Jason M., Scholbrock, Andrew K., Murphy, Patrick, Lundquist, Julie K., Moriarty, Patrick J., Fleming, Katherine A., van Dam, Jeroen, Bay, Christopher, Mudafort, Rafael M., Lopez, Hector, Skopek, Jason, Scott, Michael, Ryan, Brady, Guernsey, Charles, and Brake, Dan. Mon .
"Initial Results From a Field Campaign of Wake Steering Applied at a Commercial Wind Farm: Part 1". United States. https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2019-5. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1500074.
@article{osti_1500074,
title = {Initial Results From a Field Campaign of Wake Steering Applied at a Commercial Wind Farm: Part 1},
author = {Fleming, Paul and King, Jennifer R. and Dykes, Katherine L. and Simley, Eric J. and Roadman, Jason M. and Scholbrock, Andrew K. and Murphy, Patrick and Lundquist, Julie K. and Moriarty, Patrick J. and Fleming, Katherine A. and van Dam, Jeroen and Bay, Christopher and Mudafort, Rafael M. and Lopez, Hector and Skopek, Jason and Scott, Michael and Ryan, Brady and Guernsey, Charles and Brake, Dan},
abstractNote = {Wake steering is a form of wind farm control in which turbines use yaw offsets to affect wakes in order to yield an increase in total energy production. In this first phase of a study of wake steering at a commercial wind farm, two turbines implement a schedule of offsets. Results exploring the observed performance of wake steering are presented, as well as some first lessons learned. For two closely spaced turbines, an approximate 13 % increase in energy was measured on the downstream turbine over a 10° sector. Additionally, the increase of energy for the combined upstream/downstream pair was found to be in line with prior predictions. Lastly, the influence of atmospheric stability over the results is explored.},
doi = {10.5194/wes-2019-5},
journal = {Wind Energy Science Discussions},
number = 2,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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