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

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

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

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

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16 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 16 Dec 2019

Massive simplification of the wind farm layout optimization problem

Andrew P. J. Stanley and Andrew Ning

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Final revised paper (published on 16 Dec 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 23 Jul 2019)

Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'A few comments that should improve the clarity of the approach.', Sebastian Sanchez Perez-Moreno, 25 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Referee 1', Andrew P. J. Stanley, 02 Oct 2019
RC2: 'Comments on "Massive Simplification of the Wind Farm Layout Optimization Problem"', Ju Feng, 28 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Referee 2', Andrew P. J. Stanley, 02 Oct 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Andrew P. J. Stanley on behalf of the Authors (30 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (13 Nov 2019) by Rebecca Barthelmie

ED: Publish as is (17 Nov 2019) by Joachim Peinke (Chief editor)

AR by Andrew P. J. Stanley on behalf of the Authors (18 Nov 2019) Manuscript

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AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Andrew P. J. Stanley on behalf of the Authors (12 Dec 2019) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (12 Dec 2019) by Rebecca Barthelmie

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.