Premise
The year is 2035 and you, Windy McBreeze, are the Chief Development Officer at Quest Energy Ventures Limited.
Your company owns the Taralga wind farm in New South Wales. The wind farm has been performing well but is nearing the end of its life. You want to look at repowering the site.
While exploring new technologies to improve the energy yield, note that you are limited to 110 MW wind farm capacity.
You have a meeting with your investment committee in an hour, can you design the best wind farm layout possible to repower the project?
Project Details:
- Name: Taralga Wind Farm Repowering
- Turbines: 51 x GM 170 – 6.6 MW
- Hub Height: 130m
- Average Wind Speed: 7.4 m/s
- Net Capacity Factor: 35%
*Disclaimer: Wind Pioneers uses Taralga as a demo site due to its convenient geography that creates a good case study in wind farm design. All information is public information, no yield calculations are based on site measurements and Wind Pioneers has no association with the project, or it’s current owners.
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Instructions
4. Submit your Final Configurations by 15/11/2024 5:00 PM
