EnBW has launched an app that allows developers to show how landscapes appear with proposed wind turbines.
The REVisAR (Renewable Energy Visualisation with Augmented Reality) app enables all stakeholders involved in a wind power project to gain a realistic representation of planned wind turbines and their location within the landscape at an early stage of a project.
The REVisAR app enables geographically correct, realistic and fully animated representations.
Rotor rotation, orientation of the nacelle, orientation of the rotor blades and rotor surface, sky detection, shadows cast and position of the sun at certain times as well as all common types of wind turbines can be displayed with the app.
Typically project developers have used elaborate 2D maps to illustrate and present their plans.
In the advanced stages of the project, photomontages are then produced with considerable effort, which cannot take many factors into account, EnBW said.
In the case of spatially significant construction projects, those involved are often confronted with the problem that it is difficult to estimate the effects on the landscape.
Mark Zimmermann, team leader for mobile software solutions at EnBW, said: “With REVisAR, we have developed a unique application that opens up many more possibilities and is an exciting part of EnBW’s digital strategy.”
Zimmermann also sees possible applications in the area of photovoltaics as well as offshore wind energy, where the general conditions are even more challenging, he says.