Michael Howland
@mhowland.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @MIT, atmospheric flows, renewable energy, optimization (https://www.howlandlab.com)
New paper in JFM!
Wind turbines are reaching extreme sizes, with blades longer than football fields. Earth’s rotation affects wakes, impacting wind farm design/control. Coriolis effects yield wake deflections equivalent to ~20 degrees of yaw (wake steering).
Thanks to NSF!
doi.org/10.1017/jfm....
Wind turbines are reaching extreme sizes, with blades longer than football fields. Earth’s rotation affects wakes, impacting wind farm design/control. Coriolis effects yield wake deflections equivalent to ~20 degrees of yaw (wake steering).
Thanks to NSF!
doi.org/10.1017/jfm....
Coriolis effects on wind turbine wakes across neutral atmospheric boundary layer regimes | Journal of Fluid Mechanics | Cambridge Core
Coriolis effects on wind turbine wakes across neutral atmospheric boundary layer regimes - Volume 1008
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April 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New paper in JFM!
Wind turbines are reaching extreme sizes, with blades longer than football fields. Earth’s rotation affects wakes, impacting wind farm design/control. Coriolis effects yield wake deflections equivalent to ~20 degrees of yaw (wake steering).
Thanks to NSF!
doi.org/10.1017/jfm....
Wind turbines are reaching extreme sizes, with blades longer than football fields. Earth’s rotation affects wakes, impacting wind farm design/control. Coriolis effects yield wake deflections equivalent to ~20 degrees of yaw (wake steering).
Thanks to NSF!
doi.org/10.1017/jfm....
What resolution weather modeling do we need to guide renewables planning? How can we coordinate wind and solar siting to maximally benefit the grid?
Our new cover article in Cell Reports Sustainability answers these questions, led by Liying Qiu!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Our new cover article in Cell Reports Sustainability answers these questions, led by Liying Qiu!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#energysky
Decarbonized energy system planning with high-resolution spatial representation of renewables lowers cost
Decarbonized energy systems will heavily rely on wind, solar, and storage to satisfy time-varying energy demand, yet optimal siting of variable renewa…
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February 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What resolution weather modeling do we need to guide renewables planning? How can we coordinate wind and solar siting to maximally benefit the grid?
Our new cover article in Cell Reports Sustainability answers these questions, led by Liying Qiu!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#energysky
Our new cover article in Cell Reports Sustainability answers these questions, led by Liying Qiu!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#energysky
Call for Abstracts: Mini-Symposium on Modeling Atmospheric Boundary Layer Impacts on Wind Power from Rotors to Wind Farm Wakes
Sara Porchetta (TU Delft) and I are organizing this mini-symposium at WESC 2025.
Abstracts due January 15th, 2025
Abstract submissions: wesc2025.eu/abstracts-1
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Sara Porchetta (TU Delft) and I are organizing this mini-symposium at WESC 2025.
Abstracts due January 15th, 2025
Abstract submissions: wesc2025.eu/abstracts-1
#energysky
December 10, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Call for Abstracts: Mini-Symposium on Modeling Atmospheric Boundary Layer Impacts on Wind Power from Rotors to Wind Farm Wakes
Sara Porchetta (TU Delft) and I are organizing this mini-symposium at WESC 2025.
Abstracts due January 15th, 2025
Abstract submissions: wesc2025.eu/abstracts-1
#energysky
Sara Porchetta (TU Delft) and I are organizing this mini-symposium at WESC 2025.
Abstracts due January 15th, 2025
Abstract submissions: wesc2025.eu/abstracts-1
#energysky
Excited to be at APS DFD 2024 this year in Salt Lake City, come check out the talks from our group!
November 24, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Excited to be at APS DFD 2024 this year in Salt Lake City, come check out the talks from our group!
🚨New open-access paper published as an Editors’ Suggestion in Physical Review Fluids!
doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
In this paper led by Postdoc Kerry Klemmer, we use LES to analyze wind turbine wake deficit and wake added turbulence kinetic energy in stable and neutral atmospheric boundary layers.
doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
In this paper led by Postdoc Kerry Klemmer, we use LES to analyze wind turbine wake deficit and wake added turbulence kinetic energy in stable and neutral atmospheric boundary layers.
Momentum deficit and wake-added turbulence kinetic energy budgets in the stratified atmospheric boundary layer
As wind turbines increase in scale and are deployed in diverse atmospheric conditions, understanding wake dynamics in stratified atmospheric boundary layers becomes critical. This study uses large edd...
doi.org
November 22, 2024 at 3:27 PM
🚨New open-access paper published as an Editors’ Suggestion in Physical Review Fluids!
doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
In this paper led by Postdoc Kerry Klemmer, we use LES to analyze wind turbine wake deficit and wake added turbulence kinetic energy in stable and neutral atmospheric boundary layers.
doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
In this paper led by Postdoc Kerry Klemmer, we use LES to analyze wind turbine wake deficit and wake added turbulence kinetic energy in stable and neutral atmospheric boundary layers.