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Modelling tools
The offshore wind sector will deploy turbines of greater size and in greater numbers than has been done previously. Understanding of the engineering impacts of this is achieved through modelling, and this increase in scale requires development and validation of the industry’s modelling tools. Associated with this is the refinement of design standards. The priority areas that must be addressed for large offshore wind farms are:
- Development of wind turbine wakes within the wind farm
- Meso-scale modifications to the ambient flow in the immediate environs of the wind farm
- Downstream persistence of the modification to ambient flow, and therefore the impact of neighbouring wind farms upon each other
- Dynamic loads on wind turbines deep within wind farms
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