Wind turbines turn flowing air into electricity, but how much can be difficult to predict. A good starting point is to determine a wind turbine's efficiency by its rated wind speed. This refers to the ...

Wind energy conversion systems rely on sophisticated control strategies to optimise power capture, ensure mechanical integrity and comply with grid requirements across a wide range of operating ...

Each year a panel reviews papers nominated from the past two years and selects an article of high significance. The paper, published in 2022, describes the first experimental implementation of Model ...

Researchers based at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, are using a lidar system to control and optimize performance of wind turbines. Lidar technology - Light Detection And Ranging - is a remote ...

As the world advances toward a clean energy transition, wind power is becoming a vital component of the global electricity mix. With turbines growing taller, blades extending longer, and installations ...

Wind tunnel experiments on staged leading-edge erosion geometries show progressive blade damage cuts rotor power by up to 9 ...

Synchronized raindrop and turbine operating measurements at two Chinese wind farms show that real rain-time rotor speeds, not ...