Accurate Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) grows in importance as the industry, and turbines, grow in demand and in size. By understanding how recent wind energy industry innovations have evolved, we can help shape best practices for WRA, so that the wind energy sector can continue to meet demand and make our world a better place.
For centuries, people around the world have harnessed the wind for countless applications. Continuing this tradition, wind energy is now one of the fastest-growing renewable energy segments and a critical component of building a healthier, greener, more innovative future. Around the globe, an increasing number of countries are boosting their wind-generation capacity, both onshore and offshore, to produce the electricity that powers our daily lives.
Key components of this innovation have been to understand how to optimize turbines to extract more energy from wind, as well as the ability to accurately define, measure and forecast the world’s land-based and offshore wind resources. Both are critical to projects of all sizes and have highlighted the importance of accurate Wind Resource Assessment (WRA).
