OWP Control

Description

The project pursues two overarching goals in order to operate offshore wind farms more economically. Thus, the work packages aim at the methodical development of different operating strategies for yield, load and grid optimization in offshore wind farms by adaptive operation management and control of both individual WTs and the entire farm. In addition to novel control concepts, this is to be achieved by more accurately determining the fatigue loads of the individual WTs in the wind farm and their load reserve compared to the design loads. Concepts are being developed that are intended to be applicable in a modular fashion at existing wind farms, as well as more far-reaching approaches for the next generation of turbines and wind farms. The second overarching goal is the close cooperation of academic research on new control and operation strategies as well as load models with current industrial developments for the design and more economical operation of future large offshore wind farms.