Energy, Solar, Sustainability & Environment

Wind, Hydro & Other Renewables Calculators

Power and yield calculations for wind turbines and micro-hydro sites: the cube law, rotor swept area, capacity factor and annual energy production, wind shear correction to hub height, and hydraulic power from head and flow.

2 calculators in this category

Wind Turbine Power Output CalculatorWind power equation P = ½ρAv³Cp; ISA atmosphere for air densityThis calculator applies the wind power equation — half the air density times swept area times the cube of wind speed, scaled by…
Wind Capacity Factor CalculatorCapacity factor definition; Weibull/Rayleigh wind speed distributionCapacity factor is the single number that tells you how hard a generating asset actually works: energy delivered divided by the…

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