FlexiWind

The overall objective of FlexiWind is to investigate and optimise flexible control strategies for wind farms. In order to investigate the effects of new and existing control strategies, simulation approaches for modelling the wind flow will be combined with methods for estimating the fatigue loads. This will enable the optimisation of wind farm operation. The individual control of each wind turbine in a wind farm allows the power output to be adapted to the current demand, thus providing important grid services such as the provision of reserve power. In addition, the load of the individual wind turbines can be better controlled and a uniform lifetime consumption of the wind farm can be achieved. In particular, the lifetime modelling aspect will be considered in detail to enable a more accurate calculation of the loads on the wind turbines within the wind farm with the help of improved flow modelling.