Characterizing and mitigating the wind resource-based uncertainty in farm performance

Journal of Turbulence

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-26

  Messac, Achille ^a   Chowdhury, Souma ^b   Zhang, Jie ^b  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual energy production; Cost of energy; Farm layout optimization; Uncertainty; Wind distribution

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING PROCESS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND FIELD;

ANNUAL ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; COST OF ENERGIES; LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAINTY; WIND DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WIND POWER;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861867829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14685248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14685248.2012.661863     Document Type: Article

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