[HTML][HTML] Small wind turbines and their potential for internet of things applications

H Wang, B Xiong, Z Zhang, H Zhang, A Azam - Iscience, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Wind energy is crucial for meeting climate and energy sustainability targets. Small wind
turbines (SWTs) have gained significant attention due to their size and adaptability. These …

[HTML][HTML] A reference open-source controller for fixed and floating offshore wind turbines

NJ Abbas, DS Zalkind, L Pao, A Wright - Wind Energy Science, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
This paper describes the development of a new reference controller framework for fixed and
floating offshore wind turbines that greatly facilitates controller tuning and represents …

Wind power production from very large offshore wind farms

SC Pryor, RJ Barthelmie, TJ Shepherd - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
We provide the first quantitative assessment of power production and wake generation from
offshore wind energy lease areas along the US east coast. Deploying 15-MW wind turbines …

[HTML][HTML] The biodiversity-wind energy-land use nexus in a global biodiversity hotspot

V Kati, C Kassara, Z Vrontisi, A Moustakas - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wind energy is the leading renewable technology towards achieving climate goals, yet
biodiversity trade-offs via land take are emerging. Thus, we are facing the paradox of …

Scientific challenges to characterizing the wind resource in the marine atmospheric boundary layer

W Shaw, L Berg, M Debnath, G Deskos… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
With the increasing level of offshore wind energy investment, it is correspondingly important
to be able to accurately characterize the wind resource in terms of energy potential as well …

[HTML][HTML] Current status and grand challenges for small wind turbine technology

A Bianchini, G Bangga, I Baring-Gould… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
While modern wind turbines have become by far the largest rotating machines on Earth with
further upscaling planned for the future, a renewed interest in small wind turbines (SWTs) is …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing and validating intra-farm and farm-to-farm wakes across different mesoscale and high-resolution wake models

J Fischereit, K Schaldemose Hansen… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
Numerical wind resource modelling across scales from the mesoscale to the turbine scale is
of increasing interest due to the expansion of offshore wind energy. Offshore wind farm …

[HTML][HTML] Grand challenges in the digitalisation of wind energy

A Clifton, S Barber, A Bray, P Enevoldsen… - Wind Energy …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
The availability of large amounts of data is starting to impact how the wind energy
community works. From turbine design to plant layout, construction, commissioning, and …

[HTML][HTML] Fine-scale collision risk mapping and validation with long-term mortality data reveal current and future wind energy development impact on sensitive species

J Morant, E Arrondo, JA Sánchez-Zapata… - Environmental Impact …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ongoing demand for renewable energy has boosted the development of wind farms
worldwide. Given the impact these facilities have on flying species, a spatially explicit …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the impact of modeling fidelity on different substructure concepts for floating offshore wind turbines–Part 1: Validation of the hydrodynamic module …

R Behrens de Luna, S Perez-Becker… - Wind Energy …, 2024 - wes.copernicus.org
To realize the projected increase in worldwide demand for floating offshore wind, numerical
simulation tools must capture the relevant physics with a high level of detail while being …