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Articles | Volume 9, issue 1
Articles | Volume 9, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-141-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-141-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 1
Research article
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18 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 18 Jan 2024

Drivers for optimum sizing of wind turbines for offshore wind farms

Mihir Mehta, Michiel Zaaijer, and Dominic von Terzi

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Short summary
Turbines are becoming larger. However, it is important to understand the key drivers of turbine design and explore the possibility of a global optimum, beyond which further upscaling might not reduce the cost of energy. This study explores, for a typical farm, the entire turbine design space with respect to rated power and rotor diameter. The results show a global optimum that is subject to various modeling uncertainties, farm design conditions, and policies with respect to wind farm tendering.
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