Optimum design of transmissions systems for offshore wind farms including decision making under risk

Renewable Energy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-127

  Serrano Gonzalez J ^a   Burgos Payan M ^a   Riquelme Santos, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost benefits optimization; Decision making under risk; HV transmission system; HVDC VSC; Offshore wind farms

Indexed keywords

DECISION-MAKING UNDER RISKS; DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; HVDC-VSC; POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EQUIPMENT; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; POWER TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSIONS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT; RISK FACTOR; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

EID: 84876721373     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.03.024     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Oceans of Opportunity. Harnessing Europe's largest domestic energy resource. European Wind Energy Association. Available: [accessed 10.05.11]. http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/publications/reports/Offshore_Report_2009.pdf.
2. 4C Offshore Limited. [accessed 02.06.11]. http://www.4coffshore.com/windfarms.
3. Bard Group. 4C Offshore. [accessed 02.05.11]. http://www.bard-offshore.de/proj_bard_offshore_1-en.php.
4. Junginger M., Faaij A., Turkenburg W.C. Cost reduction prospects for offshore wind farms. Wind Engineering 2004, 28(1):97-118.
5. Kaldellis J.K., Zafirakis D. The wind energy (r) evolution: a short review of a long history. Renewable Energy 2011, 36(7):1887-1901.
6. Blanco M.I. The economics of wind energy. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2009, 13(6-7):1372-1382.
7. Krohn S., Morthorst P.E., Awerbuch S. The economics of wind energy March 2009, European Wind Energy Association, Available:, [accessed 08.05.11]. http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/00_POLICY_document/Economics_of_Wind_Energy__March_2009_.pdf.
8. Barthelmie R.J., Pryor S. A review of the economics of offshore wind farms. Wind Engineering 2001, 25(3):203-213.
9. Barberis Negra N., Todorovic J., Ackermann T. Loss evaluation of HVAC and HVDC transmission solutions for large offshore wind farms. Electric Power Systems Research 2006, 76(11):916-927.
10. Bresesti P., Kling W.L., Hendriks R.L., Vailati R. HVDC connection of offshore wind farms to the transmission system. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion Mar. 2007, 22(no. 1):37-43.
11. Djapic P, Strbac G. Cost benefit methodology for optimal design of offshore transmission systems, Centre for Sustainable Electricity and Distributed Generation. July 20. Available: [accessed 03.02.11]. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file47242.pdf.
12. Serrano González J, Burgos Payán M, Riquelme Santos J. An improved evolutive algorithm for large offshore wind farm optimum turbines layout. In: 2011 Trondheim IEEE PowerTech conference, 2011 19-23th June, Trondheim, Norway.
13. Breton S.P., Moe G. Status, plans and technologies for offshore wind turbines in Europe and North America. Renewable Energy 2009, 34(3):646-654.
14. Garvey P.R. Analytical methods for risk management. A systems engineering perspective 2009, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.08.
15. Frandsen S., Barthelmie R., Pryor S., Rathmann O., Larsen S., Højstrup J., et al. Analytical modelling of wind speed deficit in large offshore wind farms. Wind Energy Jan. 2006, 9(1):39-53.
16. Crespo A., Hernández J., Frandsen S. Survey of modelling methods for wind turbine wakes and wind farms. Wind Energy 1999, 2:1-24.
17. Serrano González J., González Rodríguez A.G., Castro Mora J., Riquelme Santos J., Burgos Payán M. Optimization of wind farm turbine layout using an evolutive algorithm. Renewable Energy August 2010, 35(8):1671-1681. 0960-1481.
18. Grady S.A., Hussaini M.Y., Abdullah M.M. Placement of wind turbines using genetic algorithms. Renewable Energy 2005, 30(2):259-270.
19. Serrano González J., González Rodríguez A.G., Castro Mora J., Burgos Payán M., Riquelme Santos J. Overall design optimization of wind farms. Renewable Energy 2011, 36:1973-1982.
20. Brakelmann H. Loss determination for long three-phase high-voltage submarine cables. European Transactions on Electrical Power 2003, 13:193-197.
21. Jansen CPJ, Van Hulst BF, Damgaard P, Søbrink KH. The Cobra cable - a feasibility study regarding an HVDC submarine cable inter connector between the Netherlands and Denmark. In: Cigré SC B4 2009 Bergen Colloquium, Norway, June 6th-11th, 2009.
22. REpower 5M brochure, repower systems. [online]. Available: http://www.repower.de/en/wind-power-solutions/wind-turbines/5m/.
23. Wind resources at horns rev 2000, Technical Report D-160949, Eltra PSO-2000 Proj. Nr. EG-05 3248.