5/5/2016

Sustainable Power Production

Calculation of Annual Energy Production

STUDENTS: Lavinia Ioana Stratulat - 221751

Lorena Maria Radu - 246818
Alexandru Cristian Reit - 246819

Contents
TABLE OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 2
ENDELAVE - DENMARK SINGLE WIND TURBINE ............................................................ 2
TERSCHELLING, THE NETHERLANDS AEP FOR WINDFARM ....................................... 6
CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 10

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1- Island of Endelave ........................................................................................................... 2
Figure 2 - Beldring - Generalized Wind Climate............................................................................ 3
Figure 3 - Digitized map of Endelave ............................................................................................. 4
Figure 4 - Placement of Wind Turbine on Endelave ...................................................................... 4
Figure 5 - Power curve - Vestas V80 (2MW) ................................................................................. 5
Figure 6 - AEP Endelave ................................................................................................................ 5
Figure 7 - Digitized map of Terschelling........................................................................................ 6
Figure 8 - Generalized Wind Climate - Terschelling...................................................................... 7
Figure 9 - Observed Wind Climate - Terschelling.......................................................................... 7
Figure 10 - AEP - Terschelling ....................................................................................................... 7
Figure 11 - Power curves of Vestas selected generators................................................................. 8
Figure 12 - Achieved AEP of the Terschelling wind farm ............................................................. 8
Figure 13 - Measured distance between V112 turbines .................................................................. 9
Figure 14 - Measured distance between V90 Turbines .................................................................. 9

INTRODUCTION

The structure of this project consists of two parts, the first one is the prediction of the Average
Power Production for a single wind turbine placed in Endelave, Denmark.
The second part is the design of a windfarm and the prediction of the average power production,
but this time to an approximation of 80GWh. In the project you can find the number and type of
wind turbines required for producing approximatively 80GWh on the island of Terschelling,
Netherlands.

ENDELAVE - DENMARK SINGLE WIND TURBINE

Endelave is a Danish island, located between Jylland and Fyn, in Horsens Municipality. The
island covers an area of 13.2 km2 with 185 inhabitants.
In the picture below you can see the map of Endelave using Google Earth.

Figure 1- Island of Endelave

The first step was to find the closest Meteorological Station, in our case, Beldringe and obtain its
Generalized Wind Climate.

Figure 2 - Beldring - Generalized Wind Climate

In order for WAsP software to provide us the necessary data regarding the Meteorological
Station, a Terrain Map had to be edited using WAsP and Google Earth.
To export our Vector Map into WAsP we used SRTM Importer in which we wrote the islands
coordinates, which were given by Google Earth.
We have synchronized the vector map with Google Earth map, in order to obtain a better view
over the roughness.
The map was edited, roughness for elevations and obstacles was added and the final result is
found in the picture below:

Using the data from above, we were able to

create a wind turbine site. By using a
resource grid, we were able to find the best
solution for placing our wind turbine.

Figure 3 - Digitized map of Endelave

Figure 4 - Placement of Wind Turbine on Endelave

The generator selected was a Vestas V80 (2 MW). The data for it can be found below:

Figure 5 - Power curve - Vestas V80 (2MW)

In order to see the best place to put the wind turbine, we have calculated AEP using the resource
grid. The following result was plotted:

Figure 6 - AEP Endelave

By positioning the wind turbine though the use of AEP, we have reached a performance of 7.898
GWh.
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TERSCHELLING, THE NETHERLANDS AEP FOR WINDFARM

The aim of the second part of the project is to find the best place for the location of a wind farm
that is able to produce approximately 80 GWh.
We chose Terschelling, an island from Netherlands, as our spot for the windfarm. The
meteorological station is located on the same island.
Vector Map was created by using Google Earth and WAsP Map Editor.

Figure 7 - Digitized map of Terschelling

The roughness was modified according to the elevation and the obstacles found on the map.
A generalized wind climate was plotted using the data from the Terschelling Meteorological
Station throw which we were able to obtain the Observed Wind Climate.

Figure 8 - Generalized Wind Climate - Terschelling

Figure 9 - Observed Wind Climate - Terschelling

After creating a resource grid, with the wind turbine generator from Vestas V90 (3 MW), we
were able to calculate the AEP.

Figure 10 - AEP - Terschelling

In order to gain an annual production of approximatively 80 GWh, we created five sites, adding
5 turbines of 2 types, as following:
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2 Vestas V90 (3 MW)

3 Vestas V 112 (3MW)

Figure 11 - Power curves of Vestas selected generators

In the end we gained a net AEP of 78,552 GWh, as shown below:

Figure 12 - Achieved AEP of the Terschelling wind farm

The turbines are placed on 2 rows.

The first row contains 3 turbines Vestas V90, meaning the rotor diameter is 90m.
We have positions them by considering their efficacy at different distances from each other.
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In the end, we have found that a 3D distance has a better performance, with smaller losses.

Figure 13 - Measured distance between V112 turbines

The second row consists of 2 Vestas V90 turbines, rotor diameter of 90m.

Figure 14 - Measured distance between V90 Turbines

After trying different placements and distances between each other, we have discovered that a
better performance is achieved when using a 5D distance between the two.
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CONCLUSION
By analyzing the AEP of the turbine in Endelave, we ended up with a result of 7.898 GWh.
Digitalizing the map, we realized that terrain surface characteristics, such as roughness and
elevation has a significant impact over the wind speed, affecting the efficiency of the turbine.
Moreover, in the second part, after the AEP analysis, we found that the distance between turbines
has a big influence over their efficiency.

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