RES and the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have partnered to license and deploy a technology to optimise the performance of wind turbines.
The ‘Dynamic Yaw’ technology innovates the yaw system of wind turbines to maximise their overall performance and efficiency. Traditionally, each wind turbine is designed to work in isolation, self-orienting to optimise its own performance. In contrast, the ‘Dynamic Yaw’ technology adopts a systems approach, enabling each individual turbine in a wind farm to share data and work together as a team to enhance the overall performance of the entire group. According to the partners, this approach improves overall energy efficiency, equivalent to adding 1-3 wind turbines to a 100-turbine wind farm.
Developed, installed, and maintained by RES, and incorporating intellectual property licensed from NREL, Dynamic Yaw has been trial tested by RES for over seven years at wind farms in the UK. The partners will initially target customers in the Americas, but the technology can be installed anywhere in the world.
