Evaluation of wind farm efficiency and wind turbine wakes at the Nysted offshore wind farm

Wind Energy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 573-586

  Barthelmie, R J ^a,b   Jensen, L E ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

observations; wakes; wind farms

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COPYRIGHTS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WAKES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; OBSERVATIONS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; SECOND ORDER EFFECT; THRUST COEFFICIENTS; TURBINE EFFICIENCY; WIND FARM; WIND SPEED VARIATIONS;

OFFSHORE WIND FARMS;

EID: 79954543071     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.408     Document Type: Article

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