Wind farms in complex terrain
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Wind energy is considered to be a promising renewable energy source par ticulary for remote areas, like islands and mountainous regions. Two engineering methods have been developed for the design of wind farms in such remote locations. The application of the first method, the numerical COMPL model, is the optimization of the lay-out of wind turbine clusters in topographically complex terrain with respect to the total power output. The application of the second method is the determination of the maximum amount of wind power which can be integrated in a weak electricity grid, taking into account connection conditions, standards and instructions, and management. Besides these two methods, a first set-up of a dynamic wind farm model (INSTA-model) has been developed. The application of this INSTA-model is the prediction of power output fluctuations of wind farms
TNO Identifier
251694
Publisher
TNO
Collation
54 p.
Place of publication
Apeldoorn
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