Modelling wind over complex terrain is one of the great challenges for the wind energy community. It's also a great challenge for the high performance computing infrastructure that supports it.…
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.
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…
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology WindForS has members from KIT at the main campuses in Karlsruhe and at the Alpine Campus in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.Find out more about KIT in WindForS.The following KIT…
WINSENT AND WINSENT-BW: Developing a wind energy test facility in complex terrain Goals The WINSENT project is divided into three sub-projects:The detailed characterization of the research facility's micro climate and meteorology,The…