Articles | Volume 10, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-1661-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-1661-2025
Research article
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18 Aug 2025
Research article |  | 18 Aug 2025

Offshore wind farm layout optimization accounting for participation in secondary reserve markets

Thuy-Hai Nguyen, Julian Quick, Pierre-Elouan Réthoré, Jean-François Toubeau, Emmanuel De Jaeger, and François Vallée

Data sets

Historical data for wind, electricity prices and reserve activation (2021-2024) T.-H. Nguyen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13946931

Model code and software

Python code used for layout optimization and post-process profits computation T.-H. Nguyen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13946931

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Short summary
Current offshore wind farms have been designed to maximize their production of electricity at all times and not to keep a reserve of power in case of unexpected events on the grid. We present a new formulation for designing wind farms to maximize revenues from both energy and reserve markets. We apply it to a real-life wind farm and show that profits are expected to increase in a significant way for wind farms designed and operated for reserve, with less energy supplied.
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