A new mathematical programming approach to optimize wind farm layouts

Renewable Energy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 674-680

  Turner, S D O ^a   Romero, D A ^a   Zhang, P Y ^a   Amon, C H ^a   Chan, T C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mathematical programming; Optimization; Wake effect; Wind farm layout

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; POWER PRODUCTION; QUADRATIC OPTIMIZATION; WAKE EFFECT; WIND FARM LAYOUT OPTIMIZATIONS; WIND FARM LAYOUTS;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OPTIMIZATION; TURBINES; WAKES; WIND POWER; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; WAKE; WIND FARM; DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84887214973     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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