Demonstration of Wake Steering Through Yaw Control in a Wind Plant Field Experiment: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-16-00629

Abstract

In accordance with requirements set forth in the terms of the CRADA agreement, this document is the final CRADA report, including a list of subject inventions, to be forwarded to the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information as part of the commitment to the public to demonstrate results of federally funded research.

Exploring the Impact of Near-Term Innovations on the Technical Potential of Land-Based Wind Energy

“…Wakes produced from turbines within a wind power plant can reduce plant-level energy production. To mitigate the loss of power production, developers are starting to implement advanced controls on turbines, which minimize the wake effects typically by yawing the turbines to redirect, or steer, wakes to avoid downwind turbines (Doubrawa and Moriarty 2021). This practice is generally referred to as wake steering.…”