Offshore wind farm layout optimization using mathematical programming techniques

Renewable Energy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 389-399

  Pérez, Beatriz ^a   Mínguez, Roberto ^a   Guanche, Raúl ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heuristic optimization; Layout optimization; Offshore wind farm; Wake effect

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ENERGY YIELDS; EXPECTED POWER; EXPECTED PROFITS; HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION; INITIAL SOLUTION; LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION; LOCAL OPTIMIZATIONS; MAINTENANCE COST; NONLINEAR MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; NORTH SEA; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; OFFSHORE WIND POWER; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; POWER PRODUCTION; RANDOM LAYOUT; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SEQUENTIAL PROCEDURES; WAKE EFFECT; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND FARM LAYOUTS;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; PROFITABILITY; WAKES; WIND POWER;

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEURISTICS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WAKE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84872048261     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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