Dr Althea de Souza from dezineforce and Dr Andrej Horvat from Intelligent Fluid Solutions co-presented a technology update on optimisation and wind farm layout at All-Energy 2009, the exhibition and conference devoted to renewable energy held in Aberdeen, Scotland on 20-21 May 2009.

dezineforce was joined at All-Energy 2009 by fluid engineering specialists and dezineforce consulting partner Intelligent Fluid Solutions. Intelligent Fluid Solutions is improving wind farm yield through the application of advanced simulation and optimisation. The combination of dezineforce optimisation tools and innovative simulation models developed by Intelligent Fluid Solutions of wind turbines and complete wind farms allows investigation into alternative wind farm layouts and the effects of variations in local atmospheric conditions. Dr Althea de Souza from dezineforce and Dr Andrej Horvat from Intelligent Fluid Solutions co-presented a technology update on the use of simulation and optimisation for wind farm design as part of the 'Onshore Wind' stream of the conference on 20 May 2009.

Dr Peter Collins, dezineforce CEO, who also attended the event, comments: “Wind farm simulations are usually constrained by the computational requirements of such complex models but with the dezineforce compute cluster processing capability there are no such restrictions. Working with Intelligent Fluid Solutions we have developed solutions to the limitations and inefficiencies of the computer-based design process for wind farm design. These solutions will enable engineering companies and manufacturers working in the renewable and sustainable energy sector to raise their design capability to an entirely new level.”

dezineforce also used All-Energy 2009 to showcase the more general applications of its web-based design optimisation service.