Offshore Wind Farms

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Remote sensing technologies for measuring offshore wind

M.S. Courtney,  and C.B. Hasager     Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Abstract

Measuring wind conditions offshore can provide information that can considerably reduce the costs of offshore wind farms. It is also important to verify the power performance of the offshore wind turbines and this in particular requires accurate wind speed measurements with known uncertainties. Conventional methods for measuring the wind using mast-mounted instruments become much more costly and logistically challenging as water depths increase. Remote sensing methods are becoming increasingly able to substitute conventional measuring techniques. For wind prospecting and model validation, satellite-borne ...