Cluster wakes impact on a far-distant  offshore wind farm's power

Schneemann, Jörge; Rott, Andreas; Dörenkämper, Martin; Steinfeld, Gerald; Kühn, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-29-2020

Articles | Volume 5, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-29-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-29-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 1

Research article

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03 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 03 Jan 2020

Cluster wakes impact on a far-distant offshore wind farm's power

Jörge Schneemann, Andreas Rott, Martin Dörenkämper, Gerald Steinfeld, and Martin Kühn

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RC1: 'reviews', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Aug 2019
- SC1: 'Great paper, and great question from reviewer :)', Rémi Gandoin, 02 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Review', Nicolai Gayle Nygaard, 03 Sep 2019
AC1: 'Authors response to RC1 and RC2', Jörge Schneemann, 25 Sep 2019

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AR by Jörge Schneemann on behalf of the Authors (25 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (12 Nov 2019) by Rebecca Barthelmie

AR by Jörge Schneemann on behalf of the Authors (14 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Nov 2019) by Rebecca Barthelmie

ED: Publish as is (19 Nov 2019) by Gerard J.W. van Bussel (Chief editor)

AR by Jörge Schneemann on behalf of the Authors (20 Nov 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

Offshore wind farm clusters cause reduced wind speeds in downstream regions which can extend over more than 50 km. We analysed the impact of these so-called cluster wakes on a distant wind farm using remote-sensing wind measurements and power production data. Cluster wakes caused power losses up to 55 km downstream in certain atmospheric states. A better understanding of cluster wake effects reduces uncertainties in offshore wind resource assessment and improves offshore areal planning.