DTU 10-MW Reference Wind Turbine

Release notes

DTU 10-MW Reference Wind Turbine v 7.0

The model is based on the virtual DTU 10-MW reference wind turbine designed as part of the Light Rotor project which is a collaboration between the Wind Energy Department at the Technical University of Denmark and Vestas.

The controller implemented as a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) and developed by DTU. The controller is described in:

Hansen, M. H., & Henriksen, L. C. (2013). Basic DTU Wind Energy controller. DTU Wind Energy. (DTU Wind Energy E; No. 0028).

Link to Basic DTU Wind Energy controller

The Basic DTU Wind Energy controller, which is an open-access controller designed for pitch-regulated variable speed wind turbines, have been moved to a GitHub repository where current and future releases will be located.


Version 7 changes:

  • Updated HAWCStab2 input file
  • Example on how to implement the controller input file "controller_input_quadratic_example.txt" added

Bugs and errors can be reported here

This model is compatible with HAWC2 versions from 9.7.

Platform Download link
Windows 32-bit DTU_10_MW_Reference_Wind_Turbine_v_7-0
Windows 64-bit
Linux 64-bit