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.
  • Watch an instructional video 
Enterprise Version
A commercial version of openWind is available for clients who require:
  • Deep Array Wake Models
  • optimization for cost of energy
  • shadow-flicker
  • multi-threaded wind-flow calculation
  • sector management
  • optimization enhancements
  • grid layout tool
  • stream-lined interface
  • authenticated reports
Licensing
Please contact the openWind team regarding:
  • developing products from the openWind codebase
  • partnering with us to develop specialist modules

Downloads Screenshots

Here are a selection of images of the software in action....

WSS1.png

The image above shows a portion of the demo site which is located on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain. It shows a single site with constraints and using two met masts - each for a different portion of the site. As the optimizer moves turbines around the site, they calculate their energy capture using one or other of the met masts depending on what region of the site they are currently in.

WSS2.png

This image shows a page from the Turbine Type Specifications dialog (accessed by clicking on Settings->Turbine Types). It shows the power curve page which can be used to enter a single power curve at a standard air density or a whole family of power curves.

If you input just one power curve you can choose to use the IEC method to adjust the power curve to the various air densities across your site.

If you input a family of power curves at various air densities then the software will interpolate between these power curves depending on the calculated air density at each turbine. You can still check the box to use the IEC method but this method will only be used to extrapolate power curves for turbines at air densities outside of the range that you have entered here.

WSS3.png

Editing Site Layer properties. The Child Logic page determines how the child


Click here to view a saved image from Google Earth showing a layout exported from the tutorial.

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