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Carbon Trust call for continued Rødsand 2 data

By: Lewis Holdsworth 18/08/2015 The Carbon Trust

General Windfarms

The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator has completed the analysis of data gathered from the pioneering £2 million measurement campaign at E.ON’s Rødsand 2 wind farm, and has now launched a call for Expressions of Interest from other organisations who want to access and continue research of the data.

The campaign consisted of measurements collected from four short range, nacelle mounted LIDAR (light detection and ranging) devices on two turbines, two scanning pulsed LIDARs on the meteorological mast and the substation as well as 3D sonic anemometers fitted to the meteorological met mast. The dataset collected is unprecedented in its size, richness and level of insight it provides to the industry.

The campaign objective was to measure the flow field inside a large offshore wind farm to enable more detailed validation of wake effects models, which will help reduce the cost of energy through improved wind farm design and efficiency.

The OWA partners are now inviting organisations to register their interest in continuing specific areas of research that will deliver material value the industry, which include; wind shear, turbine controls, mesoscale and coastal effects, wake modelling validation and improvement, wake meandering, turbulence fatigue and asset lifetimes.

Megan Smith, Programme Manager, Wake Effects and Wind Resource for the OWA at the Carbon Trust commented: “This is a unique opportunity for research bodies to gain access to a data set with huge potential. The OWA partners are greatly looking forward to working with interested parties to explore more avenues of research to further understand and exploit the data from this campaign.”

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Carbon Trust call for continued Rødsand 2 data

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