Does wind direction should be considered in the calculation?

[ZhaoyWang20]

Hi,

Thanks for creating the lib! I am wondering whether the wind orientation is considered in the calculation. If not what is the assumption of wind direction? Like always face the wind direction by using Yaw adjustment? I searched the docs and there was no info about the wind orientation.

Looking forward to your reply.

[birgits]

Hi @ZhaoyWang20, excuse the late reply. That's correct, we assume that the wind turbines have a yaw drive to always orient them properly with respect to the wind. That assumption is reasonable. Where wind direction should be taken into account is in wind farms, as wake losses can change significantly. However, the windpowerlib does not offer any functionality to do this. We are always happy about contribution, though, if you plan on implementing this.