Temperature-dependent power curve

Understanding the temperature-dependent power curve issue

What is the purpose of the turbine issue check?

• This is not a design feature, but instead a change in aerodynamic performance of the blades with temperature. Many turbines have built-in features to boost power below a certain temperature and if not operating as expected it can reduce the potential AEP of the turbine.
• WindESCo will detect this behavior, determine if a compensation technique exists and tune those parameters to recover lost energy.

What does this look like?

• For a given turbine, the power curve varies significantly with the ambient temperature.

• Whereas a site with negligible performance difference between temperature changes: