Planning and Design
Openwind
A state-of-the-art wind farm design and optimization software used throughout a wind project’s development to create optimal turbine layouts that maximize energy production, minimize energy losses, account for plant development costs and generate overall project efficiencies.
Access Data Quickly
See how Openwind can simplify your life.
Work Efficiencies
Access and create online repositories of 3D turbine models and animate blades
Gridded Turbine Layers
Quickly create and modify gridded turbine layouts using the user-friendly GIS interface
Reduce and Quantify Uncertainty
Take account of measurement uncertainty, MCP uncertainty and modelling uncertainty
Time Series Energy Capture
Run energy capture calculations that take into account time-varying temperature, air density, and turbulence intensity
Non-Ideal Performance Losses
Use multi-height met mast data to assess the effects of non-standard shear using the rotor equivalent wind speed and adjust power curves for different ranges of turbulence intensity
Suitability
Implements IEC 61400-1 editions 2, 3, & 3 amendment 1
Exporting Options
Users can output KML file (Google Earth/Maps) showing one or more wind farms from currently selected point of view
GPS Integration
Take Openwind into the field to conduct ground truthing and run energy simulations in the field on a laptop or tablet
Flexible
Maximize Energy Optimization
Optimize layouts and turbine positions to minimize the cost of energy, taking into account energy production, O&M costs and capital costs including turbine and plant development costs. Understand the impact each turbine has on the bottom line.
Smart
Minimize Energy Loss
Leading-edge wake models consider the dynamic interactions between turbines and atmospheric boundary layer as well as allowing wakes to vary with turbulence intensity and stability Openwind offers users 5 different customizable wake models to choose from including: - Modified Park, - O. Jensen, - Eddy-Viscosity, - Deep Array Wake Models (Park &Eddy-Viscosity versions)
Adjustable
Environment Management
Noise modeling – based on ISO 9613-2, Vary atmospheric attenuation based on ISO 9613-1, Optional attenuating effects of foliage, Automatically generate NRO strategies based on noise constraints, Turbine Scheduling (Noise, Bat, Shadow-Flicker Curtailments), Shadow Flicker, Take account of wind time-series data, Take account of sunshine hours, Visual Impact Modeling (variety of ZVI measurements
