Although the size of the wind turbine has become larger to improve the economic feasibility
of wind power generation, whether increases in rotor diameter and hub height always lead
to the optimization of energy cost remains to be seen. This paper proposes an algorithm that
calculates the optimized hub height to minimize the cost of energy (COE) using the regional
wind profile database. The optimized hub height was determined by identifying the minimum
COE after calculating the annual energy production (AEP) and cost increase, according to …