Massive simplification of the wind farm layout optimization problem

Stanley, Andrew P. J.; Ning, Andrew

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-663-2019

Articles | Volume 4, issue 4

Wind Energ. Sci., 4, 663–676, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-663-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Wind Energ. Sci., 4, 663–676, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-663-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 4

Research article 16 Dec 2019

Research article | 16 Dec 2019

Massive simplification of the wind farm layout optimization problem

Andrew P. J. Stanley and Andrew Ning

Model code and software

Massive Simplification of the Wind Farm Layout Optimization Problem: Revision P. J. Stanley https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3523383

Short summary

When designing a wind farm, one crucial step is finding the correct location or optimizing the location of the wind turbines to maximize power production. In the past, optimizing the turbine layout of large wind farms has been difficult because of the large number of interacting variables. In this paper, we present the boundary-grid parameterization method, which defines the layout of any wind farm with only five variables, allowing people to study and design wind farms regardless of the size.