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Publications White Papers White Paper: Wind Resource Assessment Researchers in the wind energy sector are increasingly using mesoscale modelling for wind resource assessment. The modelling
Workshop: The Path to Future HPC Technologies in Wind Energy Modelling & Simulation 2021
Workshop: The Path to Future HPC Technologies in Wind Energy Modelling & Simulation 2021 The live event is over, but you can review videos of
2021 Handbook of European HPC projects
ETP4HPC releases 2021 Handbook of European HPC projects The 2021 edition of the ETP4HPC Handbook of European HPC projects is now available online! The Handbook is prepared
HPCWE Workshop July 2021
HPCWE Workshop July 2021 Basem Elshafei has presented in our internal workshop the results from his work at the University of Nottingham, U.K., about Spatial-Temporal
Spatial-Temporal Data Fusion for Wind Energy
Spatial-Temporal Data Fusion for Wind Energy Presenter: Basem Elshafei, University of Nottingham, U.K. In wind resource assessments, which are critical to the pre-construction of wind
HPCWE Workshop June 2021
HPCWE Workshop June 2021 Dr.ir. Richard J.A.M. Stevens has presented in our internal workshop the results from a collaboration between the research groups from Uni
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) with WInc3D
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) with Winc3D Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are the next frontier in offshore wind energy, allowing exploration of deep-water regions
€2m to boost power behind wind energy production
Press release: €2m to boost cyber power behind wind energy production The University of Nottingham is leading a €2m High Performance Computing (HPC) project to
HPCWE Workshop April 2021
HPCWE Workshop April 2021 In this internal workshop, two of the HPCWE research groups presented their intermediate results and progress. Watch the two presentations of
Tackling the wind speed variability in high fidelity simulations of wind turbines
Tackling the wind speed variability in high fidelity simulations of wind turbines It is well known that the power generated by a wind turbine responds
On the use of HPC for estimating wind energy resources in complex terrain: limitations of mesoscale modeling
Mesoscale NWP models are widely used for estimation of wind resources, but are limited by their resolution in capturing local-scale variations in wind climates in
Comparison of meso- to microscale coupling
Comparison of meso- to microscale coupling Authors: Clementine Le Guennic, EDF; Bjarke Tobias Olsen, DTU One of the use cases within the project HPCWE focuses
Preparing for a new round of measurements
Preparing for a new round of measurements The vertical wind profiler of southern Brazil is on its way to ZX Lidars in the UK for
HPCWE presents at the AIAA SciTech Forum 2021
HPCWE presents at the AIAA SciTech Forum HPCWE partner Imperial College London (ICL) is going to present at the virtual AIAA SciTech Forum 2021. WHEN:
Optimising n3d I/O using non-volatile memory
n3d is a CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulation code designed for investigating wake effects and other turbulent flow features for wind turbines. Turbulence, and wake
HPCWE presents at the Supercomputing Conference 2020
HPCWE presents at the Supercomputing Conference 2020 On November 18th, the HPCWE was present with a talk at the Supercomputing Conference 2020, a major event
HPCWE is included in the 2020 Handbook of European HPC Projects
HPCWE is represented in the 2020 Handbook of European HPC Projects The 2020 edition of the ETP4HPC Handbook of HPC projects is available. It offers
Workshop: High-Performance Computing for Wind Energy in Europe and Brazil
Workshop: High-Performance Computing for Wind Energy in Europe and Brazil Join our Webinar on November 19th on “High-Performance Computing in Wind Energy in Europe and
Animation of a simulated inflow atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) with a wind turbine using Winc3D
Animation of a simulated inflow atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) with a wind turbine using Winc3D For the simulation of wind turbines in turbulent inflow conditions,
HPCWE presents poster at EERA JP Wind
HPCWE presents poster at EERA JP Wind Reasearchers from the HPCWE project presented a poster at the virtual EERA JP Wind event. Poster description: A
Simulations & Visualizations of the NREL-5MW reference wind turbine
Simulations of NREL-5 MW reference wind turbine Researchers from HPCWE project partner Universidade de São Paulo have conducted a number of simulations with the NREL-5
Mini-Symposium: Advances in High-Performance Computing for Wind Energy Applications
Join our mini-symposium at the WESC2021: Advances in High-Performance Computing for Wind Energy Applications Description of the mini-symposium: Numerical simulation plays a critical role in
Workshop Registration
Workshop Registration We successfully completed our virtual HPCWE workshop on September 14th & 15th. For everyone who missed the live event or wants to re-watch,
Workshop: The Path to Future HPC Technologies in Wind Energy Modelling & Simulation
Workshop: The Path to Future HPC Technologies in Wind Energy Modelling & Simulation DOWNLOAD The live event is over, but you can review videos of
Using HPC to model wind farm cluster wake impacts: wind resources in the German Bight
Using HPC to model wind farm cluster wake impacts: wind resources in the German Bight A recent study using mesoscale modelling, as well as a
Codes
Codes Flagship Codes N3D UTwente-LES Nektar++/SHARPy Code_Saturne Vortex-WRF-LES EWP – Explicit Wake Parametrisation N3D N3D, available from UoN and USP, is a high-order finite element
€2m to boost cyber power behind wind energy production
Spatial-Temporal Data Fusion for Wind Energy Presenter: Basem Elshafei, University of Nottingham, U.K. In wind resource assessments, which are critical to the pre-construction of
Use Case 1: Perdigao testing site
Use Case 2: Perdigão testing site, Portugal Perdigão is an inland testing site, located 200 kms to the North-West of Lisboa. It has a moderately complex
NEXTGenIO: Using Non-Volatile Memory to Improve I/O
NEXTGenIO: Using Non-Volatile Memory to Improve I/O Memory and I/O characteristics have a strong impact on scalability and performance of many HPC applications. In particular,
BOOA completes 3,5 years of operation
BOOA completes 3.5 years of operation The Ocean and Atmosphere Observation Base (BOOA) in southern Brazil completed its 3.5 years of operation. The laboratory managed
Brazil offshore wind resource assessment
Brazil offshore wind resource assessment Recent studies (read more here) suggest that Brazil has an offshore wind technical resource of 1.3 TW between 0 and
Thick Strip Method for Efficient Large-Eddy Simulations of Flexible Wings in Stall
Thick Strip Method for Efficient Large-Eddy Simulations of Flexible Wings in Stall Authors: Mohsen Lahooti, Rafael Palacios, Spencer J. Sherwin Institute: Imperial College London An
Research on flow field decomposition – towards data reduction
Research on flow field decomposition – towards data reduction A novel numerical scheme was developed for the empirical wavelet transformation (EWT) of numerically simulated data
Co-organization of an international conference
Co-organization of an international conference in Shanghai Several partners of HPCWE, including the Imperial College London, the University of Nottingham and the University of São
Project Management Board (PMB) meeting in Nottingham
Project Management Board (PMB) meeting in Nottingham A meeting of the project management board was held in Nottingham in January 2020. It was joined by
Meeting of the EU-Brazilian partners
Meeting of the EU-Brazilian partners After the HPCWE kick-off meeting on June 11th, 2019, the Brazilian coordinator, Dr. Bruno Carmo from the University of São
Corrected actuator line models in OpenFOAM
Corrected actuator line models in OpenFOAM During the development of the Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification (VVUQ) framework by the HPCWE project partner University of