Whiffle joins the ‘TotalEnergies On’ Program to Accelerate the Energy Transition
Whiffle is teaming up with TotalEnergies by joining their start-up accelerator program dedicated to the electricity business: TotalEnergies On! This program represents a tremendous opportunity for all the startups selected, offering entrepreneurial support in collaboration with the HEC business school, preferential access to TotalEnergies’ teams, experts, infrastructure and customers, a space for trialing their products and/or services […]
Renewable energy transition: examining the impacts of wind energy through simulation
This blog article featured in the AWS HPC Blog, was contributed by Remco Verzijlbergh, co-founder and CEO, Peter Baas, R&D Specialist at Whiffle, and Ilan Gleiser Principal ML Specialist, Milo Oostergo, Principal Startup SA, and Ross Pivovar Senior SA, Simulations at AWS. To read the full article, visit: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/hpc/renewable-energy-transition-examining-the-impacts-of-wind-energy-through-simulation/.
Whiffle Announces Strategic Management Reorganization to Accelerate Innovation and Market Expansion
Whiffle, is pleased to announce a strategic reorganization in its leadership team, reinforcing its commitment to technological advancement and market expansion. Co-founder Harm Jonker, who has served as CEO since Whiffle’s inception, will devote more time to innovation as the newly appointed Chief Innovation Officer (CINO). Remco Verzijlbergh, co-founder and until now Whiffle’s CTO, is appointed […]
New domain size unlocked in the Whiffle Wind web application
Larger domain capabilities for enhanced wind resource assessments and energy yield analysis Whiffle Wind, is an easy-to-use web application designed for highly accurate, LES-based, wind resource and energy yield modelling. The app’s recent update extends its capabilities to run simulations for wind farm projects, both onshore and offshore, up to an area of 64km x […]
Pushing the Boundaries of Numerical Weather Prediction with Advanced HPC Technology
Whiffle, a frontrunner in numerical weather prediction, has partnered with LuxProvide, a leader in High-Performance Computing (HPC). This collaboration harnesses the MeluXina supercomputer from LuxProvide, which features computing capacity of 18 PetaFlops per second, 20 PetaBytes of DDN storage and a scalable architecture. Whiffle can now achieve high-resolution weather simulations over domains as large as 200km […]
WINS50: Whiffle’s Giga Large-Eddy Simulation (LES), A Milestone in Wind Energy Analysis
Just over a week ago, Whiffle initiated one of the most extensive Giga Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) to date. This run is part of the WINS50 Project, an RVO-funded research project undertaken by Whiffle, KNMI and TU Delft, aimed at reducing the uncertainties around offshore wind energy’s large-scale deployment and its interactions with the atmosphere. This simulation is expected […]
Ultra-high-resolution wind resource and energy yield insights are now accessible via a user-friendly web interface.
Whiffle proudly introduces its latest innovation, Whiffle Wind: an intuitive web application that empowers the wind sector with seamless access to Whiffle’s ultra-high-resolution weather model. This transformative solution provides users with highly accurate wind resource assessments and energy yield estimates, ultimately helping reduce uncertainties and financial risks relating to wind farm design and planning. A […]
Research report – Towards new methods for designing wind turbines
Study conducted by TNO and Whiffle about the new research method that significantly reduces the gap between simulation and reality. The height of wind turbines and the length of their blades are increasing apace. As a result, the huge forces exerted on the blades and rotor hub are becoming even greater. Calculating how wind behaves […]