Wind Flow

We use WindFarm to perform the wind flow analysis and the results predict the speed up (or slow down) factors for wind speed relative to the anemometry mast. The analysis takes into account the topographic effect of hills and valleys (orographic) on the wind speed. In some case, particularly for small wind turbines and urban areas, the dominant slow down factors are due to wind shelters such as trees or buildings. Heidra has developed its own software, N-Map, which integrates with Windfarm to provide a low cost solution to analyse wind shelters.

The flow analysis requires full 3D data of your site and for most sites the cost of this data and time to perform the analysis is not warranted. Prices for this study are available on our services page.