Monitoring offshore wind farm power performance with SCADA data and an advanced wake model

Wind Energy Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 175-187

  Mittelmeier, Niko ^a   Blodau, Tomas ^a   Kühn, Martin ^b  

^a SENVION GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

ASSET VALUE; EFFICIENT DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPECTED POWER; POWER OUTPUT; POWER PERFORMANCE; UNCERTAINTY; UNDERPERFORMANCE; WAKE MODEL; WIND FARM;

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EID: 85037976599     PISSN: 23667443     EISSN: 23667451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/wes-2-175-2017     Document Type: Article

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