IMPROVING ANNUAL ENERGY PRODUCTION OF WIND TURBINE SITES

摘要

A method of estimating the energy production of a wind turbine or group of wind turbines is described. The method comprises obtaining, from a climate library, climate data in respect of a selected geographical location, the climate data comprising wind speed and direction at the selected geographical location, generating a plurality of power curves, each power curve defining a power output of a wind turbine as a function of wind speed for a particular climatic condition or range of climatic conditions, and estimating an energy production for the wind turbine or group of wind turbines using the generated power curves and wind speed data.