Variable neighborhood search for large offshore wind farm layout optimization

D Cazzaro, D Pisinger - Computers & Operations Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The task of the offshore Wind Farm Layout Optimization Problem (WFLOP) is to place n wind
turbines at a subset of k available positions to maximize power production and minimize …

Mathematical optimization and algorithms for offshore wind farm design: An overview

M Fischetti, D Pisinger - Business & Information Systems Engineering, 2019 - Springer
Wind energy is a fast evolving field that has attracted a lot of attention and investments in the
last decades. Being an increasingly competitive market, it is very important to minimize …

Design optimization of offshore wind farms with multiple types of wind turbines

J Feng, WZ Shen - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Most studies on offshore wind farm design assume a uniform wind farm, which consists of an
identical type of wind turbines. In order to further reduce the cost of energy, we investigate …

Wind farm layout optimization on complex terrains–Integrating a CFD wake model with mixed-integer programming

JYJ Kuo, DA Romero, JC Beck, CH Amon - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, wind farm optimization has received much attention in the literature. The aim
of wind farm design is to maximize energy production while minimizing costs. The wind farm …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal floating offshore wind farms for Mediterranean islands

E Faraggiana, A Ghigo, M Sirigu, E Petracca, G Giorgi… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Offshore wind will play an important role in achieving the Green Deal's goals of green
transition and renewable energy generation. The European Union (EU) has launched an …

Toward efficient optimization of wind farm layouts: Utilizing exact gradient information

D Guirguis, DA Romero, CH Amon - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Wind Farm Layout Optimization (WFLO) problem has attracted a lot of attention
from researchers and industry practitioners, as it has been proven that better placement of …

[HTML][HTML] Application of an offshore wind farm layout optimization methodology at Middelgrunden wind farm

AC Pillai, J Chick, M Khorasanchi, S Barbouchi… - Ocean …, 2017 - Elsevier
This article explores the application of a wind farm layout evaluation function and layout
optimization framework to Middelgrunden wind farm in Denmark. This framework has been …

A novel hybrid optimization methodology to optimize the total number and placement of wind turbines

P Mittal, K Kulkarni, K Mitra - Renewable energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to increasing penetration of wind energy in the recent times, wind farmers tend to
generate increasing amount of energy out of wind farms. In order to achieve the target, many …

Reliability optimization of wind farms considering redundancy and opportunistic maintenance strategy

K Atashgar, H Abdollahzadeh - Energy Conversion and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, a joint redundancy and imperfect block opportunistic maintenance optimization
model is formulated. The objective is to determine the wind farm redundancy level and the …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-objective optimization of a uniformly distributed offshore wind farm considering both economic factors and visual impact

AG Gonzalez-Rodriguez, J Serrano-Gonzalez… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The investment profitability is the strongest economic driver when deciding the location, and
optimizing the orientation and layout of a wind power plant. However, and despite of their …