With global energy consumption increasing, a shift to renewable energy resources is critical
for sustainable energy development. Wind energy has emerged as one of the most …

Over the past two decades, computational fluid dynamics and particularly the finite volume
method have been increasingly used to predict the performance of wind turbines within their …

The recently released revision of the international safety standard for small wind turbines
defines a small wind turbine as having a rotor swept area (equal to π R 2 where R is the …

Many countries and regions are introducing policies aimed at reducing the environmental
footprint from the energy sector and increasing the use of renewable energy. In the United …

The current trend of increasing the electricity production from wind energy has led to the
installation of wind farms in areas of greater orographic complexity, raising doubts on the …

Predicting the probability of wind damage in both natural and managed forests is important
for understanding forest ecosystem functioning, the environmental impact of storms and for …

A widely used morphometric method (Macdonald et al. 1998) to calculate the zero-plane
displacement (zd) and aerodynamic roughness length (z 0) for momentum is further …

Real-time thermal rating is a smart-grid technology that allows the rating of electrical
conductors to be increased based on local weather conditions. Overhead lines are …

Based on an extensive synthesis of more than 100 peer-reviewed studies, this study
explores the risks associated with onshore wind energy in forested areas in Northern …

The difficulty of obtaining accurate information about the canopy structure is a current
limitation towards higher accuracy in numerical predictions of the wind field in forested …