windPRO 4.0

windPRO 4.0 introduces an update to the general look and feel of the entire windPRO suite. With a new ribbon-based main window tools, modules, and setups have been grouped together in relevant sections of windPRO:

• Geo Data
• Climate
• Energy
• Loads & Operation
• Environment & Visual
• Solar
• System Integration
• Tools
• Favorites

You can mix and match your preferred tools and modules in a new Favorites tab which can be used across all your projects.

windPRO 4.0 also introduces a new modern interface with Dark and Light themes, automatically reflecting your Windows 10/11 preferences.

As an extra bonus we also include free access to Bing Maps aerial data for crisp, high-resolution background maps.

All in all, windPRO 4.0 makes life easier to use for both new and experienced users.

The new Layout Optimizer for finding the best turbine positions is now being widely used across many wind farm projects.

windPRO 4.0 takes optimization one step further with a new multi-dimensional optimization engine to automatically generate a curtailment strategy for maximizing yields while minimizing noise turbine-by-turbine.

• Stay within noise limits with minimum production loss.
• Optimize curtailments by the time of day, wind speed, direction, temperature, etc.
• Output noise curtailment strategies that are verifiable in both DECIBEL and NORD2000.

SOLAR PV is a huge success! With more and more functionalities being included over time, windPRO 4.0 introduces a small redesign of the SOLAR PV module to better handle the many new features.

The Solar Optimizer has been strongly requested by users, so in windPRO 4.0 you can perform an LCOE/NPV/AEP optimization of row spacing, tilt azimuth, AC/DC ratio, and number of panels.

An Electricity Price Generator makes it possible to make even more accurate NPV optimizations by simulating the prices over time.

Steer the optimization away from expensive areas and gain a better trade-off between wind resources and costs by using Cost Maps. Load grid files into the Layout Optimizer as either CAPEX, OPEX, or ABEX to represent the cost correlated to e.g.:

• Soil conditions
• Water depths
• Land purchasing costs
• Access conditions

windPRO 4.0 also brings a power boost to the optimization engine with higher calculation speeds and the ability to optimize with wake constraints for both new and existing wind turbines. Select existing wind turbines from a layered list instead of a flat list for easier identification of separate layouts.

• Quantify losses due to temperature derating in high altitude/high-temperature environments.
• TurbOPark included in Time-Varying calculations.
• Higher fidelity curtailment loss attribution, allowing for multiple curtailment rules to be executed in the same timestep.
• Finer resolution for sunrise/sunset curtailment rules.
• Inclusion of Cost Maps in the Cost calculation.

METEO

Get access to your own measurement data on your own servers using the new Meteo API. Contact [email protected] to learn how to connect to the API.

RESOURCE

Improved calculation speed when using WAsP and Scaler on a multicore machine.

PERFORMANCE CHECK

• A new method for substituting disabled and/or missing periods of wind speed in Post Construction using the methodology from TR10.
• New auto filter features for quickly cleaning SCADA data for 100s of turbines.
• Seasonal and Diurnal historic power curves and/or Air Density correction for loss calculations

NEW T-RIX Complexity Tool

Easily evaluate the complexity checks required by the upcoming TR6 revision.

HYBRID

NORD2000

NORD2000 has been re-designed to look more familiar to DECIBEL. This makes it easier to switch between the two modules. 

Use the noise curtailments generated by the Curtailment Optimizer.

GLARE

• Create photo masks
• Paint on terrain to create shadows
• Easily manipulate terrain data and re-import back to windPRO
• Better integration with PHOTOMONTAGE.
• And many more improvements, which you will discover while using windPRO 4.0.