SeaTwirl publishes White Paper on advantages of vertical axis turbines

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Due to faster wake recovery, it is possible to place SeaTwirl’s vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) closer together in a wind farm and get more power generation from the same area, simulations in a new white paper show.

SeaTwirl commissioned the white paper from Dr Pablo Ouro, a researcher at the University of Manchester. It investigated different spacing configurations in windfarms with 25 10 MW turbines placed in five rows. Due to reduced wake interference, VAWT outperformed horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) in all scenarios. The paper concluded: “VA[W]T wakes recover faster than HA[W]T wakes due to the different mixing with the atmospheric flows which in turn leads to more efficient arrays.” “It is due to the higher turbulence intensity. A... ... More: Official Press Release SeaTwirl

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