Increasingly, wind farms are being installed in regions with high seismic acivity, where the force applied to turbine towers can be stronger than the wind.
Particular attention must be paid to evaluating seismic spectra to ensure safety without being overly cautious.
Acciona Windpower asked setec to provide technical assistance on several wind farm projects to evaluate the seismic design response spectra in line with local regulation.
These projects were located around the world (in Italy, Peru, Morocco, Poland and Croatia) with a generation capacity of up to 1,000 MW.
