Wind resource measurement
On site measurement at hub height over a full year, correlated with long term regional data.
With a met mast or lidar on the actual site, recording wind speed and direction at hub height over at least a full year, then correlated against long term regional records. Wind varies sharply over short distances, so a neighbouring site measurement is not a substitute.
What this includes
- Met mast or lidar installation at hub height
- Wind speed, direction and turbulence recording
- Full seasonal cycle including monsoon
- Long term correlation against regional records
- Wind rose and speed distribution analysis
- Uncertainty stated on the resource estimate
- What you receiveOutput
- Wind resource report with speed distribution and long term correlation
- When you need itTiming
- First, and it takes a year, so start before anything else.
Using a regional wind atlas as if it were site data. Terrain changes wind speed over a few hundred metres, and the error compounds across the plant life.
Delivered by our own team together with vetted specialist partners and, where the question needs it, a named member of our expert bench. We tell you who is doing the work before the engagement starts.
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