Sections
Getting Started
  • Work through the tutorial available on the downloads page.
  • Read and/or subscribe to the support forums.
  • Peruse some images of the software in action.
Commercial Version
A commercial version of openWind is planned for clients who require:
  • authenticated reports
  • authenticated binaries
  • custom development
  • support contracts
Licensing
Please contact the openWind team regarding:
  • developing products from the openWind codebase
  • developing plugins to the openWind codebase

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Re: Windflow model in Opensource [1%] by admin, September 02, 2010
If anyone is serious about incorporating another flow model into openWind then I can provide guidance on how to get started and even maybe provide a shell ...
Re: Getting along with the site boundary layer in the tutorials [1%] by admin, August 26, 2010
Hi Charles, Please check everything and try again. I just worked through the first part of the tutorial and it all works fine. This is a demo that I have ...
Re: vertical wind profile [1%] by admin, August 25, 2010
Hi Tim, OpenWind does the same as WindPro and WindFarmer so far as I know. The standard way is to specify the wind speed at hub height only. No account ...
New Version [1%] by admin, August 25, 2010
Important update - fixes a bug which can cause small differences to energy capture output.
Re: Noise input - Total sound power level at source [dB(A)] [1%] by admin, August 11, 2010
At 10m height? That seems awfully loud. I would choose the 100.2 dB(A) because noise calculations are always worst case. However, you normally would ...
Re: Multiple Turbine Orientations [1%] by admin, August 07, 2010
Yes you're right. It will start at the top and work down so you want your catch-all to be last. Glad you figured it out. Nick
Re: critical failure [1%] by admin, August 04, 2010
Thanks. Can you send me your workbook please as I run this model on a semi-regular basis and I haven't seen this crash? It should be straight-forward to fix ...
Re: Multiple Turbine Orientations [1%] by admin, August 04, 2010
Hi Nathaniel, I enjoyed meeting you too and hope to see you in Oklahoma or Montreal. If you want turbines to jump around between multiple WRGs then I ...
Re: critical failure [1%] by admin, August 04, 2010
Hi Dougal, Are you using win7 64bit and the 64 bit executable? If so, how much memory do you have and what is the memory use of openWind before it falls ...
Re: WRG point file + energy calculation [1%] by admin, August 01, 2010
HI Jackson, Thanks for sending me the sample turbine files. I used to work in WAsP once upon a time and the procedure I used was that I would define a ...
Re: Optimizing with respect to Noise Receptors [1%] by admin, August 01, 2010
Hi Kevin, Yes if you can't get it working, please send me the workbook. Nick
Re: Bearing of major axis [1%] by admin, August 01, 2010
Hi Matt, Not all the WRG types have power density information and so this is why I chose to limit the cursor to a frequency rose.  Your request is noted ...
Re: 3D modelling in GE [1%] by admin, July 30, 2010
Hi again Rajan, I realise I didn't answer your second question about mixed turbines. This is not a problem as the turbine model is associated with a ...
Re: 3D modelling in GE [1%] by admin, July 30, 2010
Thanks Rajan, We will be releasing a 3D visualisation module later this year. As for the default models, I have provided several models along with their ...
Re: Energy Report [1%] by admin, July 29, 2010
Hi Michael, I am not sure what this is or what it would be used for. Wake losses and TI losses can increase as wind speed increases and so I am not sure ...
Re: Bearing of major axis [1%] by admin, July 29, 2010
Thanks Matt, The bearing of the major axis is something you need to input. The 135 value is just put there by me at random as I needed to put something ...
Re: Ellipses [1%] by admin, July 29, 2010
Hi Alicia, The switch in the global settings acts as a master switch to turn the capability off and on but it seems to be confusing people so I should ...
Re: Optimizing with respect to Noise Receptors [1%] by admin, July 23, 2010
Kevin Kevin Kevin, You don't need to set the layer validity logic for the environmental sensor layers. They do their own special testing. You need to ...
Re: Ellipses [1%] by admin, July 21, 2010
Hi Jason,<br /><br />There is now a master switch in the global settings for adjusting to true North. Once enabled, there are switches in WRGs and in ...
Re: Shadow Flicker Analysis [1%] by admin, July 20, 2010
Hi Jerry, Shadow Flicker is available in the Enterprise version of openWind along with a bunch of handy tools for the more serious developer. I will ...
Re: error in optimising the turbines [1%] by admin, July 20, 2010
Hi Monika, Is the hub height of the WRG the same as the hub height of the turbines you are using? Nick
Re: WAsP .map Compatibility [1%] by admin, July 19, 2010
Well I guess we're both embarrassed then. I'll add it to the vector-&gt;open in the next release. Thanks Adam. Nick
Re: WAsP and WindPRO turbine data [1%] by admin, July 12, 2010
Can you just email this to me instead please?
Uncertainty White Paper [1%] by admin, June 23, 2010
This short paper describes our approach to the wind modelling uncertainty which is available in the Enterprise version of openWind.
Re: WindSim windfield resource [1%] by admin, June 23, 2010
Also, I already gave them the specifications for the WRB format along with sample code and they said they were eager to implement it. I've done my bit. Time ...
Draft User Manual Available [1%] by admin, June 23, 2010
Check out the downloads-&gt;documentation section for a draft user manual and a white paper describing our approach to the deep array effect. Nick
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Theory and Validation [1%] by admin, June 23, 2010
The openWind Theory and Validation document gives a detailed summary of the inner workings of the openWind energy capture and wake loss modules. It also ...
User Manual [1%] by admin, June 23, 2010
Here is the current version of the user manual for openWind. It includes all features in the community and Enterprise versions of openWind.
DAWM White Paper [1%] by admin, June 23, 2010
This paper describes the approach taken by AWS Truepower to modeling the deep array effect. This model acts as a modifier to the existing wake models in ...