We got the WindForS wind energy research cluster together last week for our annual meeting at the Technical University Munich. 50 people from across Germany worked together for 3 days…
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From ZSW: S&G Engineering GmbH and the Centre for Solar Energy and Hy-drogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) have agreed to col-laborate with a deal clinched at this year's German wind energy…
In the November 2017 edition of the Esslingen University of Applied Sciences' Spektrum magazine, there's an article by Professor Hermann Knaus about his work with WindForS, particularly about modeling winds…
Andrew Clifton and Hermann Knaus presented the WindFors research platform at the Offenburg Windenergie Messe on November 16.
Using wind lidar in complex terrain isn't easy. The systems work well, but there isn't much in the way of standards and not a lot of experience outside of research…
WindForS members actively participate in IEA Wind collaborative research tasks including Task 32 (lidar) and Task 36 (forecasting for wind energy).
An analytical model based on a momentum balance has been developed which computes the reduction of the mean wind speed at hub height in a very large wind park. Additionally…