Who should attend?
The course is recommended for new windPRO users and a prerequisite for all the other windPRO courses.
Prerequisites:
No prerequisites for the course.
What you will learn:
Get a comprehensive understanding of the BASIS module, which serves as the foundation for all modules in windPRO.
- Introduction to windPRO: file management, user interface
- Starting a Project from scratch
- Handling Layers and Objects
- Importing background maps from files or servers (EMD, WMS, TMS, …)
- Importing and editing a Digital Elevation Model
- Generating a steepness map
- Importing GIS data from files or servers (e.g., WMS, WMTS, shape files, etc.)
- Importing tree heights
- Entering Obstacles
- Importing/defining land plots and exclusion zones
- Entering planned/existing wind turbines: the windPRO turbine Catalogue
- The EMD online databases: wind and solar data, maps, satellite images available to windPRO users
- The Global Atlas of Siting parameters (GASP): a good greenfield starting point
- Result layers – import/load/export functionality
- Export to Google Earth
EMD reserves the right to make changes to the course content.
Did you get curious?
Topics like energy yield, environmental impact, site suitability assessments will not be addressed in this course, but you can find answers in our other courses. If you want to know even more, you can reach out for consulting support from our experts.
This is an essential introduction to all other windPRO courses. Any subsequent windPRO calculations (e.g. energy yield or environmental impact assessments) will rely on part or all the above items and topics.