Vestas has upgraded the company’s 3-MW turbine platform to enhance performance and meet customer requirements. The upgrade will increase power production and lower the cost of energy. It also serves to boost performance in all Vestas’ wind classes and will increase annual energy production by up to 12% depending on site-specific conditions. The upgrade’s most significant changes include: Larger…

When set up in groups, wind turbines in the front rows cast a wind shadow on those behind them, lowering their performance. These effects dissipate fastest under convective conditions, according to Swiss researchers from EPFL, in a recent journal. Obviously, wind farms work best when it’s windy. But aside from wind-speed and direction, there are…