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Project

Development of a Fast REsourcE planning and forecasting platform for the Belgian offshore WIND zones (FREEWIND) (FREEWIND)

In 2018, Belgium doubled its offshore wind zones to a capacity of 4GW. Recently, it was dis-covered that at this scale, wind farms affect mesoscale weather systems, with negative impact of up to 6% on annual energy, and up to 30% on hourly production. These effects are not included in current windfarm planning and forecasting tools. FREEWIND develops a planning and forecasting platform that includes mesoscale feedback, centered around Belgian’s off-shore wind zones. The platform is made available open-source through a dedicated web inter-face that allows for online scenario analysis.

Date:1 Mar 2020 →  Today
Keywords:Belgian offshore wind zones
Disciplines:Wind energy