It’s no surprise that changing wind flows significantly affect wind-turbine performance and lead to substantial uncertainties when assessing wind resources. That makes it important to understand the flow field over space and time. Techniques pioneered by a research group in a recently published paper can offer project engineers and developers with an understanding that allows…

International renewable-energy consultancy Natural Power says it has placed a no-cost-to-use, on the Web to estimate wind-flow complexity on potential wind farm sites. As potential development sites with, flat terrain become fewer, more projects are built in or near forests and on complex terrain. These complex-flow sites are often associated with harsh wind conditions likely…

Turkish wind energy consultancy, re-consult (part of the Natural Power group) announced the signing of a framework agreement with Austria’s industrial corporation, OMV, for the provision of technical services such as risk analyses and technical due diligences on wind farm projects in Turkey and neighboring countries.