Aerodynamics

From wind to validation: Measurements on the AD8 turbine in Bremerhaven

As the dimensions of wind turbines continue to increase in size, so do the mechanical loads acting on their components. The incoming wind field also covers an increasingly larger area. As such, models play an important role in the development…

Large-Scale Wind Farm Effects – A Key Contributor for Economic Wind Farm Operation?

Ever since the construction of the first wind farms began in the 1980s, the impact of wind turbines on the flow – the wake effect – has been a major focus not only in the field of wind energy research…

One Year of the New European Wind Atlas

The New European Wind Atlas (NEWA) has been available for over a year now. The result of an ambitious project is being closely followed by both the scientific community and the wind industry. The first anniversary of NEWA should be seized…