Solving the wind farm layout optimization problem using random search algorithm

Renewable Energy

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 182-192

  Feng, Ju ^a   Shen, Wen Zhong ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Horns Rev; Optimization tool; Random search; Refinement tool; Robustness; Wind farm layout optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ITERATIVE METHODS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

HORNS REV; OPTIMIZATION TOOLS; RANDOM SEARCHES; REFINEMENT TOOLS; WIND FARM LAYOUT OPTIMIZATIONS;

OPTIMIZATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84921458179     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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