24 Sep 2015Registration is now open for the 2015 ADMS User Group Meetings

CERC is pleased to announce that registration is now open for this year's ADMS User Group Meetings, which are being held at The Manchester Conference Centre on the 11th and 12th November. Please register before 31st October. Software users with valid support are entitled to one free place at the relevant User Group Meeting for a single user licence, two free places for a 2-5 user licence and two free places for research and teaching licences. For all other attendees the fee is £150 per person per event (excluding VAT).

9 Sep 2015CERC applies new FLOWSTAR-Energy model to assess impact of proposed wind farm

CERC was recently commissioned to carry out an assessment of the impact of two proposed large wind turbines on the wind energy yield of an existing smaller wind turbine in the neighbourhood of the proposed site. The assessment used FLOWSTAR-Energy to model the impact of the proposed wind turbines on the local flow and turbulence including the effect of the local topography. The picture shows calculated mean wind speed and direction overlaid on an OS OpenData background map.

FLOWSTAR-Energy is an extension of the FLOWSTAR model of flow and turbulence in complex terrain and provides useful output for wind farm planning, such as free stream, gross and net energy yields. FLOWSTAR-Energy will be available to purchase from this autumn; for more information and prices, please contact CERC.

1 Sep 20152015 ADMS User Group Meeting dates are 11th and 12th November

The 2015 User Group Meetings will be held in Manchester on the 11th and 12th November.

• ADMS 5 User Group Meeting: 11th November
• ADMS-Urban and ADMS-Roads User Group Meeting: 12th November

These meetings will include the usual mix of presentations by CERC staff and software users and are the ideal opportunity to hear the latest news and advice on new model features. Users with a valid support contract are entitled to one or two delegate places free of charge depending on the type of licence held. Please contact CERC if there is a topic you would like to be covered at one of the meetings or if you would be willing to give a 'user view' presentation. Registration will open online in the Autumn.