We present here what we believe to be the most comprehensive validation of the commercial application of CFD on wind farms seen to date, with 115 very diverse sites and 2500 mast pairs. CFD has oft been cited as the remedy to the weaknesses of microscale linear models, but these claims have been met with healthy industry scepticism in the face of the scarce validation published to date. Previously published validations have generally rested on very small sample sizes and narrow categories of selected site types.
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