Development of a gust model for the design of large wind turbines

Abstract Wind input containing reliable and useful information is of great importance for a proper design of wind turbines. The development of wind energy applications from small wind turbines to medium size and large wind turbines and recently windfarms requires a development of the wind input for the design of each to these categories of wind turbines. The development of wind input for the design of wind turbines, in the form of a gust model, is described in this paper. It appears that small wind turbines, large wind turbines and wind turbines placed in windfarms all require specific wind input for their design.