WINSENT
Realisation and characterisation of a South German research platform for wind energy in mountainous and complex terrain
As part of the project, a wind energy test site will be constructed and provided in a mountainous complex terrain. The location of the test site and its equipment have already been identified as part of the project KonTest. The test site offers a real and a virtual environment as well as the opportunity to test new technologies and control strategies. The open platform supports the use of wind energy in complex terrain by improving the prediction of performance and turbine loads and by identifying and exploiting potential for increasing yields and reducing loads. The project is divided into coordination, construction and operation, microclimate and FoWEA.
Duration 01.12.2016 – 30.09.2024
Funded by Bundesminiterium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWK)
Project management agency Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Collabrative project WINSENT - 01174403/1
Reference number 0324129A-F
Funding programme Energietechnologien (BMWi)
Participating Institutions Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) • Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) - Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK) • Universität Stuttgart - Stuttgarter Lehrstuhl für Windenergie am Institut für Flugzeugbau • Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen - Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Fachbereich Geowissenschaften - Geo- und Umweltforschungszentrum (GUZ) - Arbeitsgruppe für Umweltphysik • Hochschule Esslingen (HE), Universität Stuttgart • Technische Universität München - Fakultät für Maschinenwesen - Lehrstuhl für Windenergie