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![Figure 1. A lattice met mast Figure 1 Dulas](/images/stories/Features/2018Features/JulAugimages18/Figure-1-Dulas.jpg)
Investors and developers need high-quality wind resource data for financial modelling, and, with the decline in subsidy supports both in the UK and elsewhere, ensuring accurate measurements is critical. Much of the attention in this regard has focused on whether meteorological (met) masts or remote sensing devices will win out as the technology of choice in the coming years. However, with each possessing strengths and weaknesses, there are a range of other site and project considerations that developers must factor into early-stage site prospecting in order to reduce costs and maximise returns over the lifetime of a project.
By Alistair Marsden, Dulas, UK
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![ARG Figure 1.To ensure security and transparency, the systems will utilise a blockchain backbone to execute transactions and manage smart grid operations, with the security of a decentralised database ARG Figure 1](/images/stories/Features/2018Features/JulAugimages18/ARG-Figure-1.jpg)
We’ve seen it in other industries—the disruption that occurs when new players with breakthrough technologies demolish old barriers. Remember when half the world’s population had never used a phone? For decades, telecommunication leaders were stymied, unable to imagine how to reach every village in the world. Then came wireless. Today a goat herder in Asia can have a mobile phone and instantaneous connection.
By Michael Lumbley, Michael Lumbley, Alternative Resource Group, USA
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![Figure 1. Turbine prototype 8.23 metres (27 feet) high GT 01](/images/stories/Features/2018Features/June18Images/GT-01.jpg)
Have you ever wanted to build a wind turbine yourself just for the fun of it or perhaps to generate power? Geodesic turbines have a mesmerising operational quality to them, easy enough to build and capable of performing work.
By Brandon Everhart, Geodesic Turbine, USA
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![Figure 1. The Integrated Approach. The Data Studio submits environmental and operating state data to WakeBlaster. The wind farm is simulated and the waked flow field at each turbine and timestep are returned to the data studio for further processing Lindahl Figure 1](/images/stories/Features/2018Features/June18Images/Lindahl-Figure-1.jpg)
When assessing the monthly performance of wind farms post-construction, uncertainty in assumed wake losses contributes a substantial proportion of uncertainty in the production assessment. The operational data analysis software of Lindahl now integrates the cloud-based wake model, WakeBlaster, providing a simple interface for simulating wake climate over the project operating history of a wind farm.
By Staffan Lindahl and Dr Wolfgang Schlez, UK
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A Comparison between Flow Complexity Recognition and Computational Fluid Dynamics
![Figure 1. A significant hill induces a non-negligible inflow angle and thus generates vertical wind speed Leosphere Fig 1](/images/stories/Features/2018Features/June18Images/Leosphere-Fig-1.jpg)
By Peter Spencer, Chief Marketing Officer, Leosphere, France
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How to Make Sure that Data Analytics Generate Actual Business Value
![Figure 1. The relation between a detection from the analytic engine and the creation of a ticket in an escalation system is important in order to avoid a potential ‘turn signal effect’ SGRE fig 1](/images/stories/Features/2018Features/June18Images/SGRE-fig-1.jpg)
By Henrik Pedersen, Siemens Gamesa, Spain
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![Figure 1. Localisation of lightning discharges on a wind farm Meteorage Fig1](/images/stories/Features/2018Features/AprilMay18Images/Meteorage-Fig1.gif)
Wind farms are known to be particularly exposed during thunderstorms and workers on site are prone to lightning strikes. Thunderstorm warning systems are widely used to prevent lightning related accidents and are already employed in several sectors such as industry, utility networks, leisure activities, transport and civil protection. This article outlines how lightning locating systems can provide an early warning, taking into account the needs of the operators to be notified with a sufficient lead time to apply safety procedures.
By Stéphane Schmitt, Product Manager and Head of Marketing, Meteorage, France
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