NREL 5-MW Reference Wind Turbine

     

Please find below the HAWC2 model of the NREL 5-MW Reference Wind Turbine. The model is based on the fictive 5-MW reference wind turbine described by NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory).The data used is described in:

Jonkman, J, Butterfield, S., Musial, W., and Scott, G., “Definition of a 5-MW Reference Wind Turbine for Offshore System Development,” NREL/TP-500-38060, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, February 2009.

Start download by clicking on the appropriate link in the 'Download file' column below and select the option 'Save this file to disk'. Version 5.1 of the model is compatible with HAWC2 32- and 64-bit for Windows and 64-bit linux. The older models linked below all use 32-bit dlls and are compatible with 32-bit HAWC2 for Windows.

Release date Product Version Download file File size
19.03.2025 NREL 5-MW Reference Wind Turbine NREL5MWReferenceWindTurbinev51 2788 KB
19.04.2016 NREL 5-MW Reference Wind Turbine NREL5MWReferenceWindTurbinev50 554 KB
27.09.2013 NREL 5-MW Reference Wind Turbine NREL5MWReferenceWindTurbinev40 552 KB
12.06.2013 NREL 5-MW Reference Wind Turbine NREL5MWReferenceWindTurbinev30 549 KB
27.02.2012 NREL 5-MW Reference Wind Turbine NREL5MWReferenceWindTurbinev20 549 KB
20.10.2011 NREL 5-MW Reference Wind Turbine NREL5MWReferenceWindTurbinev10 361 KB