A review of methodological approaches for the design and optimization of wind farms

JF Herbert-Acero, O Probst, PE Réthoré, GC Larsen… - Energies, 2014 - mdpi.com
This article presents a review of the state of the art of the Wind Farm Design and
Optimization (WFDO) problem. The WFDO problem refers to a set of advanced planning …

A review of offshore wind farm layout optimization and electrical system design methods

P Hou, J Zhu, K Ma, G Yang, W Hu… - Journal of Modern …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is more wind with less turbulence offshore compared with an onshore case, which
drives the development of the offshore wind farm worldwide. Since a huge amount of money …

A novel hybrid MCDM approach for offshore wind farm site selection: A case study of Iran

A Fetanat, E Khorasaninejad - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2015 - Elsevier
The multi criteria decision making (MCDM) has been applied in Integrated Energy Planning
(IEP) and Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) frameworks. In this paper, a novel hybrid …

Micro sitting of floating wind turbines in a wind farm using a multi-criteria framework

H Díaz, D Silva, C Bernardo, CG Soares - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel procedure is introduced to optimise floating turbines' placement in a wind farm. In
the approach, the 'Weighted Product Model (WPM)'is used, which is a Multi-Criteria Decision …

Combining multi-objective evolutionary algorithms and descriptive analytical modelling in energy scenario design

MS Mahbub, M Cozzini, PA Østergaard, F Alberti - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Environmental and security concerns urge energy planners to design more sustainable
energy systems, reducing fossil fuel consumptions in favour of renewable solutions. The …

Realistic wind farm layout optimization through genetic algorithms using a Gaussian wake model

N Kirchner-Bossi, F Porté-Agel - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Wind Farm Layout Optimization (WFLO) can be useful to minimize power losses associated
with turbine wakes in wind farms. This work presents a new evolutionary WFLO …

Optimization models for the installation planning of offshore wind farms

L Amorosi, M Fischetti, R Paradiso, R Roberti - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Challenges posed by global warming motivate the increasing interest in green energy
sources, such as wind energy. To make wind energy attractive from an economic viewpoint …

State of the art in the optimisation of wind turbine performance using CFD

A Shourangiz-Haghighi, MA Haghnegahdar… - … Methods in Engineering, 2020 - Springer
Wind energy has received increasing attention in recent years due to its sustainability and
geographically wide availability. The efficiency of wind energy utilisation highly depends on …

Optimization of offshore wind farm layout in restricted zones

P Hou, W Hu, C Chen, M Soltani, Z Chen - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In this research, an optimization method for offshore wind farm layout design is proposed.
With the purpose of maximizing the energy production of the wind farm, the wind turbine …

Optimisation for offshore wind farm cable connection layout using adaptive particle swarm optimisation minimum spanning tree method

P Hou, W Hu, Z Chen - IET Renewable Power Generation, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The wind farm layout optimisation problem is similar to the classic mathematical problem of
finding the minimum spanning tree (MST) of a weighted undirected graph. Due to the cable …