Seeding evolutionary algorithms with heuristics for optimal wind turbines positioning in wind farms

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2838-2844

  Saavedra Moreno, B ^a   Salcedo Sanz, S ^a   Paniagua Tineo, A ^a   Prieto, L ^b   Portilla Figueras, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b IBERDROLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolutionary algorithms; Heuristics; Turbines location; Wind farm design

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICAL BENEFITS; EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH; HEURISTICS; INITIAL POPULATION; INITIAL SOLUTION; OPTIMAL POSITIONING; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; REALISTIC MODEL; WIND FARM; WIND FARM DESIGN; WIND SPEED;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEURISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; OROGRAPHY; SEEDLING; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79957861447     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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