As part of the project X-Wakes "Interaction of wakes of large offshore wind parks and wind park clusters with the atmospheric boundary layer", funded by the German Ministry of Economy and…
WindForS was founded to investigate the effect of complex, hilly terrain on wind energy. In this research update, Dr. Daniel Leukauf from KIT IMK-IFU shares the results of research he carried out in the WINSENT project.
More and more wind farms are being built in the waters around Europe, Asia, and soon in the USA. But as more wind plants are built, there's a chance that they will start to change the wind conditions locally. The new X-Wakes project will investigate how the wind conditions in the German Bight might change with large-scale expansion of offshore wind farms.
An analytical wind park model An analytical model based on a momentum balance has been developed at IMK-IFU which computes the reduction of the mean wind speed at hub height…
Turbulence parameterization in mesoscale wind field models such as MM5 and WRF are usually based on a scheme developed by Mellor and Yamada in 1982. This system of equations is…
Environmental Data Analysis The SWE has carried out many power performance measurements for research and development. These measurements are enabled by SWE's expertise in atmospheric and structural measurements, and portable…
Measurement of Wind and Temperature Profiles Wind Met Mast The SWE's three-sided wind met mast with a maximum height of 120 meters has multiple booms at various, freely selectable heights. Meteorological…
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU) At KITSpecialist research areasAtmospheric environmental research (IMK-IFU)Measurement and modelling of wind and turbulence profilesMeteorological basics for offshore wind farmsWind farm…
WIPAFF - Wind Park Far Field Goals News Publications Goals The overarching project aims at delivering a contribution to reliable planning of offshore wind parks by analysing the impact of…
Lidar Complex Development of LIDAR technologies for detecting wind field structures with regard to optimising wind energy use in mountainous-complex terrain. Goals News Publications Goals Development of procedures for Lidar…