Retrofit Yaw Control Kits for higher power output

The position of wind sensors behind the wind turbine rotor is known to produce yaw errors

leading to production losses and increased turbine loads. The spinner anemometer (SA) -

measuring the wind in front of the rotor - accurately detects yaw errors, but the technology

has not yet been commercially successful. Additional user-friendly technology is thus

necessary to enable the SA to automatically detect and correct the yaw errors. It is the

purpose of this project to develop such technology.

ROMO Wind (ROMO) recently acquired the SA technology from DTU and has made a

simple but fundamental invention that will enable the development of universally

applicable and easily installable turbine yaw control kits based on the SA. The kits use the

SA for automatic calibration of the existing turbine wind sensors using a so-called yaw

robot.

The objective of this project is to develop such kits and subsequently demonstrate their

value by documenting the provided extra power, and their compliance with the different

harsh climatic and terrain conditions required by the wind power industry. This work will

allow a rapid commercialization of the SA technology and contribute to the

competitiveness of wind power in general.

Immediately after project completion ROMO will initiate full-scale commercial product

maturation, manufacturing and market introduction of these yaw control kits.