Cloud cover can help offshore wind farms by easing 'wind shadows,' simulations reveal
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Cloud cover can help offshore wind farms by easing 'wind shadows,' simulations reveal
Anyone calculating how much electricity an offshore wind farm will deliver looks at the wind and not at the clouds. Researchers at the University of Twente show that this leaves part of the yield unaccounted for. Low cloud ...
Clouds are often regarded as a disruptive factor in power generation, which expresses the yield. However, a scientific study now proves an effect that fundamentally challenges previous assumptions about the performance of plants at sea. read more on t3n.de
Clouds Could Help Offshore Wind Farms Produce More Power
Cloudy skies are usually bad news for solar power, but they could offer an unexpected benefit to offshore wind farms. New research suggests that low clouds help restore wind speeds behind turbines, potentially increasing the electricity produced by another wind farm farther downwind. Researchers at the University of Twente investigated this effect using computer simulations […]
Offshore wind farms slow down the air and leave behind miles of wind shadows. New simulations show that low ocean clouds can decompose these reflows significantly faster due to radiation cooling at their top. In the model, the wind reached 90 percent of its initial speed after about 17 kilometers, without this cloud effect only after more than 32 kilometers. Enschede (Netherlands). Large offshore wind farms withdraw movement energy from the air …
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