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Articles | Volume 7, issue 6
Articles | Volume 7, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2335-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2335-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 7, issue 6
Research article
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01 Dec 2022
Research article |  | 01 Dec 2022

Optimization of wind farm portfolios for minimizing overall power fluctuations at selective frequencies – a case study of the Faroe Islands

Turið Poulsen, Bárður A. Niclasen, Gregor Giebel, and Hans Georg Beyer

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Wind power is cheap and environmentally friendly, but it has a disadvantage: it is a variable power source. Because wind is not blowing everywhere simultaneously, optimal placement of wind farms can reduce the fluctuations. This is explored for a small isolated area. Combining wind farms reduces wind power fluctuations for timescales up to 1–2 d. By optimally placing four wind farms, the hourly fluctuations are reduced by 15 %. These wind farms are located distant from each other.
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