WindSim is
wind energy software Specialized wind energy software applications aid in the development and operation of wind farms.
Pre-feasibility and feasibility analysis
The RETScreen software wind power model is designed to evaluate energy production and savings, costs, emiss ...
that uses
CFD to optimize
wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...
placement in onshore and offshore
wind farms
Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few hou ...
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WindSim is used worldwide by
wind resource assessment Wind resource assessment is the process by which wind power developers estimate the future energy production of a wind farm. Accurate wind resource assessments are crucial to the successful development of wind farms.
History
Modern wind resource ...
professionals to help design more profitable wind farms.
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History
WindSim was first developed by Vector AS, a consulting firm, as an internal tool used to build the Norwegian Wind Atla
in cooperation with Norwegian Meteorological Institut
WindSim was productized for PC platforms in 2003.
The software developer and the software product are both named "WindSim".
See also
*Wind energy software Specialized wind energy software applications aid in the development and operation of wind farms.
Pre-feasibility and feasibility analysis
The RETScreen software wind power model is designed to evaluate energy production and savings, costs, emiss ...
*Wind resource assessment Wind resource assessment is the process by which wind power developers estimate the future energy production of a wind farm. Accurate wind resource assessments are crucial to the successful development of wind farms.
History
Modern wind resource ...
*Wind power
Wind power or wind energy is mostly the use of wind turbines to electricity generation, generate electricity. Wind power is a popular, sustainable energy, sustainable, renewable energy source that has a much smaller Environmental impact of wi ...
References
External links
WindSim company websit
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Norwegian Wind Atla
Wind power
Earth sciences software
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