Installed in complex terrain at a site with average wind speeds of 7.9 m/s, the wind farm represents a laboratory for broadening our knowledge and carrying out demonstrations and technological validations of numerous innovations that have contributed and continue to contribute to optimizing wind farm operations.
Main features
- Two Senvion MM92 CCV wind turbines each rated 2.05 MW
- IEC 2 wind and IEA 3 ice classes
- Connected to Hydro-Québec distribution grid
- Operational data recorded and archived at 1-second intervals
- Rotor-mounted ice monitoring camera and ice detector
Achievements
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Examples of projects carried out on the basis of this infrastructure
- Development of a Maintenance Plan-Integrated Fault Detection Tool for Wind Turbine Blades
- Development and Validation of an Ice Prediction Model for Wind Farms
- Performance Assessment of Meteorological Sensors in Icing Conditions
- Assessing the Performance of Turbine Rotor Ice Detector Systems
- Evaluation of Lighting Intensity Dimming Solution (LIDSTM)
- International Energy Agency Working Group on Wind Energy in Cold Climates (“IEA Wind TCP Task 19”)
