3D modelling in GE

I have been using wasp & windfarmer for quite some time and have also been using following developments on openwind. Congratulations on the fantastic development. One thing for sure, its immensely faster than windfarmer when optimising.

I have been trying to generate 3D visualizations of several Windfarm layouts for viewing in Google Earth (GE) through export of kmz files from the layout layer.

I need to use models other than generic with different hub heights and rotor dia.

Since am not very conversant with google sketchup, please advise if there is a way around to design models with different rotors and hub heights. Typically in India now rotor dia and hubheights are 100 m.

Secondly new windfarms are being designed for repowering, where existing lower rotor & height WEGs also need to be modeled.

Wasp 10 automatically re-sizes models to turbine specifications. Though the models in wasp are static in nature, not with rotating blades.

Kindly provide your views on this.

Thanking you
Rajan Deb
Director
Consolidated Energy Consultants Limited
Energy Tower,
64,B-Sector, Kasturba Nagar, Bhopal
India
web: www.windpowerindia.com

email: rajandeb@gmail.com