Niels Eduard Busch (born in 1936) is an eminent Danish meteorologist and research director, who played a key role in…
AeroVironment, Pasadena (1971-1989)
Twenty years of the greatest aerospace/ABL consultant company I know of.
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Interstitial updates on aeolians.net over the past months.
A call to historicize wind and site studies
The Aeolians.net project now has its own introductory paper in the Journal of Energy History / Revue de l’Histoire de l’Energie, where I discuss how studying the history wind & site studies could lead to some interesting research work.
Britain’s offshore wind resource (1952-1982)
On 1900-1949 North Sea wind hindcast data, and offshore wind farm planning in the early 1980’s.
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One year and three months of Aeolians.net.
Wind works, Johannes Juul (1949-1962)
Johannes Juul carried out a number of wind & site studies at- and around his turbine test sites. They highlight his wide and interest for all aspects of wind energy, from aerodynamics to grid integration.
Ulrich Hütter’s contributions (1942-1979)
Ulrich Hütter is mainly known for his contributions to wind turbine design. He also contributed to wind & site studies during the testing of his prototypes, as well as by elegantly and relevantly reffering to the wind & site studies of the time.
Golding and ERA, 1949-1965
Golding and the Energy Research Agency (ERA) carried out extensive wind & site studies in the UK in the 1950’s. Their reports and articles provide a great insight into the post-war wind energy research.
“Wind is not wind”: Palmer C. Putnam wind studies (1939-1945).
Wind & site studies carried out in New England during the Smith-Putnam wind turbine project. The extent of the project is remarkable, and it involved several lead scientists of the time.
Ailleret, Serra, and the Wind Resource of France: 1946-1953
The French Wind Energy program may have come too early (1946). Despite great achievements the momentum was lost when the US-led wind energy renewal picked up in 1973. It should yet not be forgotten and undervalued.
Eiffel, Angot, Brazier, 1889-1914
At the top of the Eiffel tower were installed a set of anemometers and atmospheric measurements. Many interesting observations led Charles Emile Brazier to dedicate his PhD to he calibration of anemometers, in the Eiffel wind tunnel.
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AVFARM, AeroVironment park siting tool
Peter Lissaman worked at Aerovironment on a park siting tool, which was a mix of WAsP and the non-existing-yet WindPRO. In 1986.
Palm Springs-Whitewater, 1980
Very detailed and elegant field study by Thomas Zambrano and his colleagues from Aerovironment, setting the scene for the Californian wind rush in the mid-80s.
Workshops and conferences, 1973-1980
How the American wind energy program stimulated global wind energy research in the 1970s.
Awake – Peter B. S. Lissaman and Torgny Faxén (1974-1978)
On early wind turbine wake modelling work at Aerovironment, CA.