Renewable Energy Technical Papers

Renewable Energy Technical Papers

CPP Wind’s engineers and scientists have authored many technical papers on renewable energy. Here are just a few.

Wind on Solar Arrays

Wind Directionality During Hail Events (Banks, Wood, 2025)

Wind Tunnel Testing of Torsional Instability in Single-Axis Solar Trackers (Enshaei, Chowdhury, Sauder, Banks, 2023)

Effect of Solar Panel Support Structure on the Wind Loading of Horizontal Single-axis Trackers (Chowdhury, Sauder, Banks, 2022)

Torsional Instability of Single-Axis Solar Tracking Systems (Rohr, Bourke & Banks, 2015)

A hybrid method of generating realistic full-scale time series of wind loads from large-scale wind tunnel studies Application to solar arrays (Guha, Fewless & Banks, 2015)

Vortex induced dynamic loads on fixed tilt ground mount photovoltaic arrays (Guha, Fewless & Banks, 2015)

Wind Loads on Utility-Scale Solar PV Power Plants (Banks & Cain, 2015)

Effects of vortex shedding in arrays of long inclined flat plates (Strobel & Banks, 2014)

The role of corner vortices indicating peak wind loads on tilted flat solar panels mounted on large flat roofs (Banks, 2013)

Wind Load Analysis for Commercial Roof-Mounted Arrays (O’Brien & Banks, 2012)

How to Calculate Wind Loads on Roof Mounted Solar Panels in the US (Banks, 2011)

Wind Energy

Integrating Wind Energy into the Design of Tall Buildings – A Case Study… (Cochran & Damiani, 2008)

Design Loads for Wind Power Applications (Peterka, Orwig, Damiani & Cochran, 2008)

Complex Terrain: A Valid Wind Option (Damiani, Cochran, Orwig & Peterka, 2008)