Optimization of wind farm turbines layout using an evolutive algorithm

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1671-1681

  González, Javier Serrano ^a   Gonzalez Rodriguez, Angel G ^b   Mora, José Castro ^c   Santos, Jesús Riquelme ^a   Payan, Manuel Burgos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c Persan SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolutive algorithms; Genetic algorithms; Micrositing; Optimization; Wake effect; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

CASH FLOW; COST MODELS; EVOLUTIVE ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL WINDS; LIFE SPAN; MICROSITING; NONUNIFORM LOAD; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PRESENT VALUE; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; TEST CASE; WAKE EFFECT; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND FARM;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; INVESTMENT; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; WAKE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 77949570984     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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