Illustration of wake steering for an example wind plant (IMAGE)

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Illustration of wake steering for an example wind plant

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Illustration of wake steering for an example wind plant. Wind turbines are misaligned with the wind to redirect their wakes away from downstream turbines. Blue regions indicate lower wind speeds caused by wakes.

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Eric Simley, NREL

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