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）。融资安排往往是敏感的不确定性与估计的AEP和改进的理解和建模将发挥重要作用，减少这些不确定性和支持industry.Our研究将提供改进和验证模型的风在复杂地形，包括海岸线环境和海上位置在五大湖。虽然在大多数情况下真实的危险是最小的，但关于风力发电场产生的噪音以及这种噪音传播到住宅和其他地点的问题仍有争议。监管模型过于简化，计划进行更详细的研究，特别是水上传播，因为这似乎是五大湖海上风电场开发的一个问题。基本目标是进行大气研究，以支持加拿大风能资源的有效和经济开发。

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.Our research will provide improved and validated models of wind flow in complex terrain including shoreline environments and for offshore locations in the Great Lakes. Although the real dangers are minimal in most instances, there are continuing arguments about the noise generated by wind farms and the propagation of this noise to residences and other locations. Regulatory models are over simplified and a more detailed study is planned, especially for over water propagation as this appears to be a concern for offshore wind farm developments in the Great Lakes.The basic goal is to conduct atmospheric research that will support the efficient and economic development of Canada's wind energy resource.