FarmConners | FarmConners - Paving the Way for Wind Farm Control in Industry

Summary
The FarmConners project supports the implementation and industrialisation of Wind Farm Control (WFC) as an additional feature for the development and operation of wind power plants. It brings together actors in all relevant fields connected with the market uptake of WFC: research institutes, industry and certification agencies. FarmConners will coordinate a reliable assessment of the WFC possibilities, promising more green power from existing and upcoming assets for the price of a software update.

WFC technology brings a collaborative approach to wind power plant design and operation, mitigating the losses due to turbine-turbine interaction within the plant. Accordingly, it promises an increase in power production and a decrease in structural loads while providing better integration of wind power in the grid. Additionally, it enables better revenue management, especially for the upcoming flexible electricity markets, making wind power “market fit”, which in turn decreases the project cost and increases the share of the leading green power source. FarmConners will provide a unique platform for the marketability of this feature; bringing the state-of-the-art achievements, ongoing projects and industrial interest together to remove barriers for commercial implementation of WFC.
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Web resources: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/857844
Start date: 01-09-2019
End date: 28-02-2022
Total budget - Public funding: 1 449 638,00 Euro - 1 449 638,00 Euro
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The FarmConners project supports the implementation and industrialisation of Wind Farm Control (WFC) as an additional feature for the development and operation of wind power plants. It brings together actors in all relevant fields connected with the market uptake of WFC: research institutes, industry and certification agencies. FarmConners will coordinate a reliable assessment of the WFC possibilities, promising more green power from existing and upcoming assets for the price of a software update.

WFC technology brings a collaborative approach to wind power plant design and operation, mitigating the losses due to turbine-turbine interaction within the plant. Accordingly, it promises an increase in power production and a decrease in structural loads while providing better integration of wind power in the grid. Additionally, it enables better revenue management, especially for the upcoming flexible electricity markets, making wind power “market fit”, which in turn decreases the project cost and increases the share of the leading green power source. FarmConners will provide a unique platform for the marketability of this feature; bringing the state-of-the-art achievements, ongoing projects and industrial interest together to remove barriers for commercial implementation of WFC.

Status

CLOSED

Call topic

LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020

Update Date

26-10-2022
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Horizon 2020
H2020-EU.3. SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
H2020-EU.3.3. SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy
H2020-EU.3.3.2. Low-cost, low-carbon energy supply
H2020-EU.3.3.2.0. Cross-cutting call topics
H2020-LC-SC3-2018-RES-SingleStage
LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020 Market Uptake support
H2020-LC-SC3-2019-RES-IA-CSA
LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020 Market Uptake support
H2020-LC-SC3-2020-RES-IA-CSA
LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020 Market Uptake support
H2020-EU.3.3.3. Alternative fuels and mobile energy sources
H2020-EU.3.3.3.0. Cross-cutting call topics
H2020-LC-SC3-2018-RES-SingleStage
LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020 Market Uptake support
H2020-LC-SC3-2019-RES-IA-CSA
LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020 Market Uptake support
H2020-LC-SC3-2020-RES-IA-CSA
LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020 Market Uptake support
H2020-EU.3.3.7. Market uptake of energy innovation - building on Intelligent Energy Europe
H2020-LC-SC3-2018-RES-SingleStage
LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020 Market Uptake support
H2020-LC-SC3-2019-RES-IA-CSA
LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020 Market Uptake support
H2020-LC-SC3-2020-RES-IA-CSA
LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020 Market Uptake support