Abstract
The interaction of wind farm clusters with the atmospheric flow is complex. It comes along with phenomena that have still not been fully understood in detail. However, having an understanding of the flow is a prerequisite for the derivation of models that can accurately and with limited computational resources replicate the most prominent features of the flow. This study exploits large-eddy simulations (LES) to create a better understanding of the wind farm cluster blockage under a set of different atmospheric conditions. The specific wind farm cluster consists of three wind farms, with a relatively narrow gap between the two northernmost wind farms. Results reveal that under conventionally neutral boundary layers, the induction zone relatively large is when there is a low atmospheric boundary layer height with a strong temperature inversion. In our LES study, wind speed is reduced between 2% and 4% 2D upstream of the front row of the wind farm, while inside the gap of the wind farm cluster, there is an acceleration of the wind speed. Comparatively, blockage for a solitary row or single wind turbine is similar and smaller than for a whole cluster. On average, turbines in the front row of a cluster produce 5.1% less power than a single turbine.
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