The art of making perfect predictions

Eize de Vries, Windpower Monthly Magazine, 27 August 2010, 4:52pm

As wind turbine sizes and wind farm capacity continue to increase, the use of taller towers reinforces the importance of accurate wind resource measurements conducted at hub height. The ability to predict an available wind resource at a site is a major step towards achieving the project's expected financial returns and, equally importantly, minimising project-related risks.