The largest independent renewable energy firm in the world, RES, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the U.S. Department of Energy has Partnered to license and implement a cutting-edge technology that maximizes wind turbine performance.
In order to enhance the total performance and efficiency of turbines in a wind farm, the “Dynamic Yaw” technology effectively innovates the yaw system of wind turbines, which is the component responsible for orienting a rotor into the wind.
In contrast to the conventional design of a single wind turbine, which maximizes its own performance through isolation and self-orientation, the “Dynamic Yaw” technology considers how each wind turbine on a wind farm can share data and collaborate with other wind turbines to improve the group’s overall performance.
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This systems method adds the equivalent of one to three wind turbines to a wind farm with one hundred turbines by means of improved controls and management, hence increasing total energy efficiency.
“The renewables industry is on the cusp of widespread digitalization,” said Alex Bamberger, VP Digital Solutions at RES. “The ‘Dynamic Yaw’ technology will help wind asset owners optimize the overall output of their assets through better utilization of their data, and subsequent autonomous action of the asset. By sharing farm wide data and transforming the yaw optimization strategy of a wind farm to maximize overall performance, the ‘Dynamic Yaw’ transforms a collection of individual turbines into a team.”
Dynamic Yaw, which RES developed, built, and maintained, and which incorporates IP leased from NREL, has been put through more than seven years of trial testing on wind turbines at UK wind farms. The technology made possible by the partnership between NREL and RES will first be aimed at consumers in the Americas, but it can be used globally to close the gap between digital data and on-site action.
The technique will increase supply chain efficiencies by enabling the production of more renewable energy from the same investment, in addition to increasing the energy efficiency of wind farms. This will enable us to harvest all renewable energy from current assets and allocate resources more efficiently.
About RES
RES is the largest independent renewable energy firm in 24 countries, operating in wind, solar, energy storage, green hydrogen, transmission, and distribution. The industry pioneer for over 40 years, RES has delivered more than 27 GW of renewable energy projects worldwide and plans to add 22 GW in the next five years.
