--- title: Vortex Blog | Vortex description: Vortex | 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. --- [![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) # vortex [Home](http://www.vortexfdc.com) >  vortex [![post_pep](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/post_pep.jpeg?width=420&name=post_pep.jpeg)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/limitations-of-models-and-measurements) ## [Limitations of models and measurements](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/limitations-of-models-and-measurements) "**The biggest issue with wind maps seems to be a misunderstanding of their limitations by users, leading to bad decision-making**” says Ioannis Papadopoulos... 28 January, 2019 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/limitations-of-models-and-measurements#comments-listing) [![image1-2](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image1-2.png?width=420&name=image1-2.png)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/this-year-promises-to-be-a-good-one-for-wind-power-in-turkey) ## [This year promises to be a good one for wind power in Turkey](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/this-year-promises-to-be-a-good-one-for-wind-power-in-turkey) Turkey has developed the wind industry of the country in the past years, only last year added 766MW reaching 6,857 MW of wind power capacity installed.... 02 May, 2018 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/this-year-promises-to-be-a-good-one-for-wind-power-in-turkey#comments-listing) [![image1](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image1.jpg?width=420&name=image1.jpg)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/size-does-matter) ## [Size does matter!](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/size-does-matter) At Vortex computer cluster we have just reached our Petabyte storage scale as part of our major system upgrade powered by ERA5 downscaling stream in order... 25 January, 2018 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/size-does-matter#comments-listing) [![gwa](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/gwa.jpg?width=420&name=gwa.jpg)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/the-new-global-wind-atlas-a-tool-to-engage-the-wind-development-across-the-world) ## [The new Global Wind Atlas: a tool to engage the wind development across the World.](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/the-new-global-wind-atlas-a-tool-to-engage-the-wind-development-across-the-world) Leading commercial provider of wind resource model data, Vortex, has played a key role in the development of the recently launched Global Wind Atlas 2.0... 11 January, 2018 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/the-new-global-wind-atlas-a-tool-to-engage-the-wind-development-across-the-world#comments-listing) [![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/)