Orsted and Equinor warn wind wakes from Total project 'threaten viability of assets'

Wind in the Tangles: Using Topology to Predict and Manage Wind Farm Wakes - Pager Power

When a turbine spins, it disrupts the flow of wind and creates swirling trails of disturbed air called wakes [1]. This means that it leaves slower but more turbulent air behind it. These winds are evolving vortices that can stretch for hundreds of meters and shape how much energy the next turbine can extract. They twist, they bend, and they interact. Two wakes from adjacent turbines may spiral together, separate, or even superimpose into new pat…

Orsted and Equinor warn wind wakes from Total project 'threaten viability of assets'

Financial impact assessments submitted by Orsted and Equinor provide clearest picture yet of impact wind wakes could have on offshore wind developers and projects