Alternative Calibration of Cup Anemometers: A Way to Reduce the Uncertainty of Wind Power Density Estimation [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 This study presents a procedure to reduce the uncertainty of wind power density estimations, which is useful to improve the energy production predictions of wind farms.
Francisca Guerrero-Villar +3 more
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Explaining the decline of US wind output power density
Environmental Research Communications, 2023 US wind power generation has grown significantly over the last decades, in line with the number and average size of operating turbines. However, wind power density has declined, both measured in terms of wind power output per rotor swept area as well as ...
Peter Regner +3 more
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REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WIND IN NORTHERN REGION DISTRICTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA [PDF]
Journal of Engineering Science (Chişinău), 2022 The study is focused on three districts in the northern region of the Republic of Moldova - Briceni, Edinet and Ocnita. The maps were calculated and presented in terms of average annual wind speed and wind power density at a height of 100 m above ground ...
MANGOS, Octavian +3 more
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WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL AND WIND CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE DISTRICTS OF THE CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA [PDF]
Journal of Social Sciences, 2022 The poor energy security worldwide and especially at the national level, requires all entities to look for effective solutions to rectify the current situation by turning to renewable energy sources and energy efficiency.
MANGOS, Octavian +3 more
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Frontiers in Physics, 2021 The reanalysis of sea surface wind speed is compared with the measured wind speed of five offshore wind towers in Zhejiang, China. The applicability of reanalysis data in the Zhejiang coastal sea surface and the climatic characteristics of sea surface ...
Nan Wang +6 more
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Regional Study of Changes in Wind Power in the Indian Shelf Seas over the Last 40 Years
Energies, 2020 Wind power variations at two heights (the surface level and turbine hub level) were investigated at 20 locations in the shelf seas of India using hourly fifth generation European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) atmospheric reanalyses of
V. Sanil Kumar +3 more
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Wake properties and power output of very large wind farms for different meteorological conditions and turbine spacings: a large-eddy simulation case study for the German Bight [PDF]
Wind Energy Science, 2022 Germany's expansion target for offshore wind power capacity of 40 GW by the year 2040 can only be reached if large portions of the Exclusive Economic Zone in the German Bight are equipped with wind farms.
O. Maas, S. Raasch
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Potential Assessment of Wind Power as a Source of Electricity Production in the City of Parsabad, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural Machinery, 2018 Introduction Considering the low cost of the wind power production and its relatively good compatibility with the environment, wind farms have shown extensive growth in the past few years.
F Keyhani Nasab +2 more
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Potential for wind energy generation in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2014 Wind power has gained space in Brazil's energy matrix, being a clean source and inexhaustible. Therefore, it becomes important to characterize the wind potential of a given location, for future applications. The main objective of the present study was to
Vanessa de F. Grah +2 more
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Energy Exploration & Exploitation, 2020 The predicted wind power in coastal waters is an important factor when planning and developing offshore wind farms. The stochastic wind field challenges the accuracy of these predictions.
Hongda Hu +6 more
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