Wind Power in Swedish Forest Conditions
The project aims at studying wind and turbulence conditions above Swedish forested land areas with respect to wind power. Conditions are dynamically very complex due to patchy forested landscape, often with complex topography.
Details
- Period: 2019-01-01 – 2024-03-31
- Budget: 6,987,917 SEK
- Funder: Swedish Energy Agency
- Type of funding: Project founding
Description
The project aims at studying wind and turbulence conditions above Swedish forested land areas with respect to wind power. Conditions are dynamically very complex due to patchy forested landscape, often with complex topography. Uncertainties have been reduced with increased knowledge as well as through the experience from existing projects. Despite of that there are many knowledge gaps left as well as a concern of excessive loads. In this project’s main focus will be in filling those gaps. Previous projects have yielded a lot of data as well as model comparisons (e.g. benchmarks).
We would like to continue our work through:
1) Complementing turbulence measurements at a forest research station in northern Sweden which already has extensive measurements.
2) Further develop techniques for Sodar and Lidar in forested areas.
3) Development of dedicated forest models using open source platforms that will allow for studies of the resource, production, loads and wakes.
The project ended March 2024.