Digital twins in wind energy: Emerging technologies and industry-informed future directions

F Stadtmann, A Rasheed, T Kvamsdal… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a comprehensive overview of the digital twin technology and its
capability levels, with a specific focus on its applications in the wind energy industry. It …

Economic and sensitivity analysis on wind farm end-of-life strategies

GNP Leite, F Weschenfelder, JG de Farias… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind energy is a renewable energy source gaining significant attention lately, with the first
wind farms nearing the end of their operational lives. With increasing installed capacity, a …

Wind farm layout optimization using adaptive evolutionary algorithm with Monte Carlo Tree Search reinforcement learning

F Bai, X Ju, S Wang, W Zhou, F Liu - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed an enormous growth of wind farm capacity worldwide. Due to
the wake effect, the velocity of incoming wind is reduced for the wind turbines in the …

Wind Farm Layout Optimization (WindFLO): An advanced framework for fast wind farm analysis and optimization

SR Reddy - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A new framework for Wind Farm Layout Optimization (WindFLO) is developed to accelerate
the design of wind farms. The framework provides a large set of analytical wake models and …

Wake effect parameter calibration with large-scale field operational data using stochastic optimization

P Jain, S Shashaani, E Byon - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to show the application of stochastic optimization for efficient and robust
parameter calibration of engineering wake models. Standard values of the wake effect …

Wind farm layout optimization in complex terrain based on CFD and IGA-PSO

W Hu, Q Yang, Z Yuan, F Yang - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel hybrid method is proposed for wind farm layout optimization in complex terrain.
Firstly, an elliptical modeling method is presented with the Witoszynski-shaped transition …

Identification of reliable locations for wind power generation through a global analysis of wind droughts

EGA Antonini, E Virgüez, S Ashfaq, L Duan… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Wind droughts, or prolonged periods of low wind speeds, pose challenges for electricity
systems largely reliant on wind generation. Using weather reanalysis data, we analyzed the …

A novel approach for wind farm micro-siting in complex terrain based on an improved genetic algorithm

W Hu, Q Yang, HP Chen, K Guo, T Zhou, M Liu… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents a novel approach for wind farm micro-siting in complex terrain based on
an improved Genetic Algorithm (GA). Firstly, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations …

Multi-objective turbine allocation on a wind farm site

AE Dinçer, A Demir, K Yılmaz - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Multi-Objective Turbine Allocation (MOTA) method is introduced as a novel
approach for wind farm layout optimization and site selection. By incorporating Geographic …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal variability of wake impacts on US mid-Atlantic offshore wind plant power production

D Rosencrans, JK Lundquist, M Optis… - Wind Energy …, 2024 - wes.copernicus.org
The mid-Atlantic will experience rapid wind plant development due to its promising wind
resource located near large population centers. Wind turbines and wind plants create …