Designing the most efficient and effective wind turbine calls for modeling tools that provide accurate, reliable numerical predictions of wind-turbine rotor performance over a machine’s full range of operating conditions. Simulating real-world conditions using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) lets users understand flow phenomena and their effects on the system, better predict the system’s power output,…

The EconExpert –Wind is an Excel-based economic and financial analysis software for wind-farm projects that sell wholesale energy. Such projects are usually under bilateral contracts such as power-purchase agreements (PPAs). The software,  from Competitive Energy Insight, San Diego, Calif.,   can evaluate any U.S. domestic or international wind farm project with bank-quality reporting, and can…