To generate electricity, wind turbines extract kinetic energy from the wind and convert it into electrical energy. This creates a wake flow. This effect can also be seen in sailing: the leading boat interacts directly with the undisturbed wind field,…
Precise knowledge of the seabed is crucial for a successful expansion of offshore wind energy. At Fraunhofer IWES, we rely on high-resolution seismic methods that provide detailed insights into the upper 100 meters of the subsurface.
The Fraunhofer IWES has presented a series of proofs of the quality and reliability of its FLS wind measurements. By achieving maturity level 3, the Fraunhofer IWES ZX wind lidar buoy joins the short list of stringently validated FLS types…
Author: M. Sc. Sarah Zwick Fraunhofer IWES Wind Lidar Buoys floated in the German Bight, east of the Bard Offshore 1 wind farm, at times last year. These yellow buoys ensure that comprehensive wind measurement data and meteorological parameters can…
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…
All wind turbine and wind farm operators and owners know what questions to expect at the end of each quarter or the year: Is the energy yield satisfactory? What does the wind farm’s yield to date mean for the future?…
Author: M.Sc. Rouven Brune The wind resource and soil conditions in particular are often investigated when planning the exact sites of individual wind turbines within a planned offshore wind farm. The Fraunhofer IWES employs acoustic methods to characterize the subsurface,…
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…
