Lifetime Optimisation
Extend turbine lifetimes. Protect energy yield. Get projects approved.
Smart lifetime optimisation with windPRO
Optimise curtailment schemes to achieve desired fatigue lifetime with minimum production loss.
windPRO’s Lifetime Optimiser will help you to
Create layouts that would otherwise be rejected.
Maximise total lifetime energy - not just annual yield.
Strengthen your financing and permitting case.
Common limitations
- Restricted available land forcing tight turbine spacing
- Wake turbulence from neighbouring wind parks (including low design class turbines)
- Pre-defined turbine positions in repowering projects
- Noise, shadow flicker, or visual impact limits that constrain layout options
- Turbine manufacturer requirements on the number of curtailment rules
The risk?
Disregard good wind farm layouts due to unexplored curtailment control.
The solution
Get optimal curtailment schemes with windPRO.
Protect turbines from excessive fatigue damage, maximize energy output and financial return.
What windPRO's Lifetime Optimiser does
The Lifetime Optimizer calculates optimal, IEC-compliant curtailment schemes tailored to your specific site - accounting for wake-induced turbulence from both internal turbines and neighbouring wind parks.
It doesn't just tell you whether a layout works. It finds the best set of operational rules to make the layout work.
Key capabilities:
Models fatigue loads
Models fatigue loads across wind speed, wind direction, and turbine interactions.
Finds curtailment schemes
Finds curtailment schemes that protect fatigue lifetime while maximising AEP.
Accounts for wake turbulence
Accounts for wake turbulence from neighbouring parks - including low design class turbines.
Simplifies output
Simplifies output into practical rules that turbine manufacturers can actually implement.
Key value drivers
Standard-compliant lifetime optimisation
Smart curtailment planning
Better project financing confidence
Higher long-term energy yield - even with short-term AEP lossesLifetime optimisation case studies
See how the Lifetime Optimizer performs in real-world scenarios:
Case Study 1: Constrained layout, 20-year lifetime
How curtailment delivered a net +13.6% lifetime energy gain on a site that almost wasn't viable.Case Study 2: Existing turbines with limited life left - can new turbines still be approved?
The same site faces a harder problem: neighbouring turbines with a low design class and as little as 7 years of fatigue life left. How windPRO found a solution and simplified it to just 15 curtailment rules.
The modules you need
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Courses relevant for this use case
- Introduction to windPRO
- Advanced Wind Resource Assessment
