--- title: Vortex Blog | vortex-admin (3) description: Blog about Wind maps and all about planning your wind farm. Get to know the wind speed and direction. The wind data you need in the screening phase of your wind farm. (3) --- [![Vortex](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hubfs/Vortexfdc_May2018%20Theme/Images/vortex-logo.png)](http://www.vortexfdc.com/) - [Wind & Site](http://www.vortexfdc.com/windsite/) - [Forecast](http://www.vortexfdc.com/forecast/) - [Solar](http://www.vortexfdc.com/solar/) - [Get Started](http://interface.vortexfdc.com/signup) # AUTHOR: vortex-admin [Home](http://www.vortexfdc.com) >  vortex-admin [![era5](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/era5.png?width=420&name=era5.png)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/give-me-5-era) ## [Give me 5, ERA!](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/give-me-5-era) ECMWFs newest Reanalysis, ERA5, is already here! And, by “here” we mean that we have embedded it into the whole Vortex modeling chain and that will be... 06 November, 2017 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/give-me-5-era#comments-listing) [![india](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/india.jpg?width=420&name=india.jpg)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/indian-government-offers-countrys-wind-sector-further-support) ## [Indian government offers country’s wind sector further support](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/indian-government-offers-countrys-wind-sector-further-support) The Economic Times reported this week that the Indian government has issued instructions to the state power regulator to ensure successful bidders in wind... 24 October, 2017 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/indian-government-offers-countrys-wind-sector-further-support#comments-listing) [![blog-rotor](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-rotor.jpg?width=420&name=blog-rotor.jpg)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/rotor-equivalent-wind-speed) ## [Rotor Equivalent Wind Speed](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/rotor-equivalent-wind-speed) Last March, the new IEC-61400-12-1-Ed2 Standard introduced the concept of the Rotor Equivalent Wind Speed (REWS). We would like to find out if this... 09 October, 2017 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/rotor-equivalent-wind-speed#comments-listing) [![blog-wind-farm](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-wind-farm.jpg?width=420&name=blog-wind-farm.jpg)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/french-wind-industry-tipped-to-be-creme-de-la-creme) ## [French wind industry tipped to be crème de la crème](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/french-wind-industry-tipped-to-be-creme-de-la-creme) According to WindEurope’s CEO, Giles Dickson, **France has the brightest wind energy outlook of any European country**. He was speaking at the eighth national... 03 October, 2017 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/french-wind-industry-tipped-to-be-creme-de-la-creme#comments-listing) [![blog-vortex](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-vortex.jpg?width=420&name=blog-vortex.jpg)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/vortex-at-the-2nd-annual-argentinian-renewable-energy-congress) ## [Vortex at the 2nd Annual Argentinian Renewable Energy Congress](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/vortex-at-the-2nd-annual-argentinian-renewable-energy-congress) This week starts the 2nd Annual Argentinian Renewable Energy Congress and we will be there. Meet our team at booth 9, we will be expecting you! 02 October, 2017 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/vortex-at-the-2nd-annual-argentinian-renewable-energy-congress#comments-listing) [![blog-less-more](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-less-more.jpg?width=420&name=blog-less-more.jpg)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/vortex-at-the-8eme-colloque-national-eolien) ## [Vortex at the 8ème Colloque National Eolien](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/vortex-at-the-8eme-colloque-national-eolien) Today is the last day of the 8ème Colloque National Eolien. We would like to thank everyone who visited us at our booth: visitors, clients and organizers! 21 September, 2017 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/vortex-at-the-8eme-colloque-national-eolien#comments-listing) [![blog-era5](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-era5.jpg?width=420&name=blog-era5.jpg)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/what-is-new-with-era5-first-questions-and-answers) ## [What is new with ERA5? First questions and answers](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/what-is-new-with-era5-first-questions-and-answers) ### So long awaited and now it is here. **Copernicus Climate Service** has just released the first stream of the new Reanalysis project, ERA5, which covers 2010... 20 September, 2017 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/what-is-new-with-era5-first-questions-and-answers#comments-listing) ## [Husum Fair cancelled due to strong winds](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/husum-fair-cancelled-due-to-strong-winds) It may be ironic that a Wind Energy Trade Fair is cancelled due to high wind speeds but that is exactly what happened in Husum (Germany), last Wednesday.... 15 September, 2017 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/husum-fair-cancelled-due-to-strong-winds#comments-listing) [Next](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/author/vortex-admin/page/4) [![Vortex](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hubfs/Vortexfdc_May2018%20Theme/Images/vortex-logo-footer-1.png)](http://www.vortexfdc.com/) - [BLOG](http://www.vortexfdc.com/news/) - [Terms of use](http://www.vortexfdc.com/terms-of-use/) - [TECH-DOCS](http://www.vortexfdc.com/resources/) - [Privacy policy](http://www.vortexfdc.com/privacy-policy/) [ABOUT US](http://www.vortexfdc.com/about-us/)