Sites for wind power installations:  wind tunnel simulation of the influence of two-dimensional ridges on wind speed and turbulence. Annual report, first year

Meroney, Robert N.; Sandborn, V. A.; Bouwmeester, R. J. B.; Rider, Michael A.

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Wind energy planning: Development and application of a site selection method for wind energy conversion systems (WECS)

Otawa¹

1980

Int. J. Energy Res.

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The use of wind energy by means of its conversion to electricity involves a number of constrains such as economic, environmental, technical, legal, social and institutional requirements. Planning for wind energy should solve these issues in the planning process by encouraging opportunities and discouraging constraints associated with the use of wind energy. The opportunities and constraints significant at the regional level (i.e. approximately 10,000 km2) were identified, and a systematic method was developed to select sites for large WECS by incorporating the identified factors. These factors include: wind resource, proximity to load centres, proximity to tie‐in points, and exclusive land‐use areas. The developed method was applied to the western Massachusetts region, and the first results of the study have been acquired.

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Wind energy planning: Development and application of a site selection method for wind energy conversion systems (WECS)

Otawa¹

1980

Int. J. Energy Res.

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An experimental study of the airflow over a hill in the atmospheric boundary layer

Sacre

1979

Boundary-Layer Meteorol

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Between 1975 and 1977, the Centre Scientifique et Technique du BItiment (CSTB) carriedout a study of the overspeed effect over a hill in the surface boundary layer. The hill in question wassituated in open country and had a drop of about 100 m for an average slope of 8%. The experimental equipment consisted of three 25 m high masts placed along the upwind slope of the hill. Each mast was equipped with four Gill Propeller anemometers. The data set analyzed consisted of 65 recordings of strong winds which had an average velocity greater than 6 m s-r.Near the ground, local topographic effects and inhomogeneous roughness along the slope have the same influence on the overspeed effect as the mean slope of the hill. The overspeed is proportional to the upwind slope, but on the other hand, the turbulence structure does not seem to be disturbed by the hill.

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Wind profiles over complex terrain

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Panofsky

Ball³

1983

Boundary-Layer Meteorol

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Sites for wind power installations: wind tunnel simulation of the influence of two-dimensional ridges on wind speed and turbulence. Annual report, first year

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Wind energy planning: Development and application of a site selection method for wind energy conversion systems (WECS)

Wind energy planning: Development and application of a site selection method for wind energy conversion systems (WECS)

An experimental study of the airflow over a hill in the atmospheric boundary layer

Wind profiles over complex terrain

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