Wind Energy

 

WINDTHINK provides engineering and consultancy services with its broad experience in wind energy starting from the greenfield site selection up to the “ready to build” stage and further to power curve verification. Together with partner MEGAJOULE and relaying on its significant experience expertise, WINDTHINK delivers state of the art wind resource assessment and energy yield estimation studies in wind flow modelling, as well as vast track record that is very valuable during the procedure of power curve verification.

WINDTHINK offers designs according to the best industrial practice, international standards and guidelines to wind energy projects.

WINDTHINK supports you in repowering of wind farms and hybrid generation and battery storage projects. 

During the early development phase of the projects WINDTHINK provides in:

Green Field Project Development

  • Site selection
  • Pre-feasibility studies
  • Measurement mast configuration

Coordination of Wind Measurement Campaign Installation

  • Coordinate with the equipment supplier
  • Wind measurement campaign installation
  • Check the compliance of the installation, according to the IEC 61400 standard

Wind Measurement Campaign Monitoring

  • Wind measurement campaign monitoring (measurement follow up)
  • Monthly summary report that includes the key findings for the respective month, along with any essential observations and malfunctions identified

Resource Mapping

  • Wind resource maps for the power plant area
  • Modelling using WAsP and CFD methodology

Wind Resource & Energy Yield Assessment

  • Wind speed distribution mapping over the area available for the wind farm implementation
  • Annual energy production calculation for the defined wind turbine models using WAsP wind flow model
  • Conduct bankable wind resource assessment studies, preparation of a thorough report outlining the methodology and conclusions, containing anticipated energy losses as well as calculation uncertainties together with our partner MEGAJOULE

Turbine Layout Optimization (Micrositing)

  • Definition of wind farm layout (micrositing) in order to maximize the energy production, respecting the land availability and the restrictions

IEC Site Suitability

  • Evaluation of site suitability (site assessment) in accordance with the international standard IEC 61400-1, using WAsP Engineering wind flow model

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Wind Flow Modeling

  • Analysis and annual energy production estimates
  • Advanced forest canopy modeling with vertical tree identification and horizontal interpolation to better capture complex areas with trees
  • Match with medium-scale models that allow for more representative boundary conditions.