The performance of a wind farm is affected by several key factors that can be classified into
two categories: the natural factors and the design factors. Hence, the planning of a wind farm …

Wind farm planning involves multiple performance objectives, such as (i) average annual
energy production,(ii) lifetime costs, and (iii) net impact on surroundings. In general …

The development of utility-scale wind farms that can produce energy at a cost comparable to
that of conventional energy resources presents significant challenges to today's wind energy …

A new methodology, the Unrestricted Wind Farm Layout Optimization (UWFLO), that
addresses critical aspects of optimal wind farm planning is presented in this paper. This …

Among the main grid-based wind farm layout optimization studies addressed in the
literature, 14 layouts have been recomputed by selecting the levelized cost of energy as a …

Effective and time-efficient decision-making in the early stages of wind farm planning can lay
the foundation of a successful wind energy project. Undesirable concept-to-installation …

Currently there are serious concerns regarding the environment and the footprint made by
human activities. Thus, fuel oil, coal and nuclear power plants are now being …

In addressing the multi-criteria Wind Farm Layout Optimization (WFLO) problem, the
literature has been focused on the simple weighted sum approach using single-objective …

A novel method was developed to detect the optimal onshore wind farm layout driven by the
characteristics of all commercially-available wind turbines. A huge number of turbine …

Seeking for an appropriate design of wind farm (WF) layout constitutes a complex task in a
wind energy project. An optimization approach is seriously needed to deal with this …