Advancements in Wind Farm Design and Optimization
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 17 April 2025 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wind farm; automation; control of electrical machines
Interests: electrical engineering; power systems; energy efficiency (electricity); renewable energies; electricity markets; life cycle cost analysis; data analytics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although wind energy is technologically mature and commercially viable, the increasing size of the wind farms currently being installed and planned presents new challenges for the scientific community, which must offer solutions that can be effectively utilized by developers. This Special Issue aims to gather research that can be readily applied to a wide range of scenarios, rather than being limited to overly constrained test environments.
In this context, we welcome reviews or original research articles focusing on onshore or offshore wind farms with a single turbine model, addressing topics such as the following:
- Optimization of annual energy production.
- Wake characterization.
- Wind resource assessment.
- Mitigation of noise or visual impacts.
- Optimization of electrical infrastructure.
- Costs associated with wind farm construction and operation.
- Interaction between nearby wind farms.
The expected contribution of these studies is to establish a solid foundation for understanding turbine interactions caused by wake effects and to realistically address wind farm design, considering technical, economic, environmental, and social acceptance factors.
Prof. Dr. Angel G. Gonzalez-Rodriguez
Prof. Dr. Juan-Manuel Roldan-Fernandez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wind farms
- optimization
- micro-siting
- visual impact
- noise impact
- wake models
- electrical infrastructure
- techno-economic assessment
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