Wind farms in complex terrain, progress report
conference paper
As wind energy is considered to be a promising renewable energy source particularly for remote areas, like islands and moun tanous regions, the feasibility of constructing wind farms in these areas is subject of various studies and demonstration projects. The objective of this work is the development of engineering "tools", which can be used to optimize the siting of individual wind turbines in a wind farm to be installed in such remote loca tions, i.e. in topographical complex terrain and with an existing weak power grid [1]. As part of the first phase of the project, a mathematical model describing the power production of a wind farm in topographi cally complex terrain has been developed. This model will be further evaluated, although the available validation data are limited. In a second phase a method for calculation of the dynamic load flow to weak power grids is being developed. To this end, a numerical model for calculating the power output fluctuations from a wind farm has been developed.
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TNO Identifier
251055
Publisher
TNO
Source title
Contractors Meeting of the CEC R & D Programme Wind Energy November 23 & 24, 1987, Brussels
Place of publication
Apeldoorn
Pages
1-19
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