Wind Energy and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

风能是加拿大一种可行的可再生能源，各省的风电场数量不断增加。由于靠近电力需求地点的可用风电场越来越难找到，我们预计五大湖的海上风电场开发（尽管安大略目前暂停），我们的部分工作与此活动有关。此外，正在复杂地形上开发更多的风力发电场（例如在加斯佩半岛和不列颠哥伦比亚省）。风电场的经济可行性主要取决于风力资源和详细设计（布局和涡轮机选择），并基于满足噪声和其他环境问题，同时最大化年发电量（AEP）。融资安排通常对与AEP估计相关的不确定性敏感，改进理解和建模将在减少这些不确定性和支持行业方面发挥重要作用。

Wind is a viable renewable energy source for Canada with a continuing increase in the numbers of wind farms in all provinces. As available wind farm sites close to electricity demand locations become harder to find we anticipate offshore wind farm development in the Great Lakes (despite the current moratorium in Ontario) and part of our work is related to this activity. In addition more wind farms are under development in complex terrain (for example in the Gaspé peninsula and British Columbia). The economic viability of a wind farm is critically dependent on the wind resource and the detailed design (layout and turbine selection), based on satisfying noise and other environmental concerns while maximizing annual energy production (AEP). Financing arrangements are often sensitive to the uncertainties associated with estimates of AEP and improved understanding and modelling will play an important role in reducing these uncertainties and supporting the industry.