A software update can help turbines become less disruptive to their neighbors and distribute the wind more efficiently.
Exactly how much energy is gained depends on factors such as the farm layout and the site’s wind conditions. However, when tested at a commercial farm in India, the algorithm boosted the energy output between 1 and 3 percent, depending on the wind speed, which would be the equivalent ofif the software were deployed across the world’s existing farms, the study’s authors estimate.
For Varun Sivaram, one of the study’s coauthors, who at the time served as chief technology officer at, India’s leading renewable energy company, testing the tech in India was significant too. “I wanted to find a way to translate a technology from the lab scale into a real-world experiment. And I also wanted to do it in an emerging economy because that’s where the real need is for clean energy solutions—in these emerging economies where the energy demand is growing,” he says.
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