Life cycle assessment of a wind farm repowering process

E Martínez, JI Latorre-Biel, E Jiménez, F Sanz… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
More and more wind farms are reaching the end of their useful lifetimes, so it is necessary to
consider the need and/or suitability of dismantling or repowering them. This paper presents …

Analysis of scenarios for repowering wind farms in Brazil

JC de Bona, JCE Ferreira, JFO Duran - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to extend the useful lifetime of a wind farm, wind turbine repowering is an option.
Repowering may be applied due to the turbine's aging, reduction in turbine yield or in the …

Offshore wind farm repowering optimization

P Hou, P Enevoldsen, W Hu, C Chen, Z Chen - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Decommissioning is usually the last stage of the offshore wind farm life cycle. Due to the
challenges of the decommissioning process, such as the impact on the marine environment …

Assessment of different end-of-life strategies for wind power plants under uncertainty

FJ Ramírez, R Villena-Ruiz… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The enormous rise in installed wind power capacity worldwide over the last twenty years
means most of the wind power plants will soon reach their end-of-life of service. The …

A techno-economic analysis of a real wind farm repowering experience: The Malpica case

R Villena-Ruiz, FJ Ramirez… - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The wind industry is currently facing a major challenge due to the ageing of the wind
turbines that were first commissioned. Recent wind turbine designs present higher power …

Managing the oceans: Site selection of a floating offshore wind farm based on GIS spatial analysis

L Castro-Santos, MI Lamas-Galdo, A Filgueira-Vizoso - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to develop a methodology for using Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) spatial analysis in the development of a floating offshore wind farm. When you plan a …

Methodology to calculate the installation costs of offshore wind farms located in deep waters

L Castro-Santos, A Filgueira-Vizoso… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper develops a methodology to determine the installation costs of a floating wind
farm installed offshore, the value of which depends on the type of floating offshore wind …

Technology effects in repowering wind turbines

R Lacal‐Arántegui, A Uihlein, JM Yusta - Wind Energy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This research investigates, analyses, and quantifies the technological effects of wind turbine
repowering (ie, where old turbines are removed and new turbines are installed at the same …

Partial repowering analysis of a wind farm by turbine hub height variation to mitigate neighboring wind farm wake interference using mesoscale simulations

AH Syed, A Javed, RMA Feroz, R Calhoun - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Repowering augments the power generation capacity of a wind farm in order to enhance the
exploitation of the high mean wind speed regions. In this study, a partial repowering strategy …

Optimization of a wind farm by coupled actuator disk and mesoscale models to mitigate neighboring wind farm wake interference from repowering perspective

MA Khan, A Javed, S Shakir, AH Syed - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study explores the effects of inter-farm wakes and proposes staggering schemes that
are most suitable for optimization of existing wind farm arrays to mitigate the effects of …