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Optimization under uncertainty of site-specific turbine configurations
Uncertainty affects many aspects of wind energy plant performance and cost. In this study, we explore opportunities for site-specific turbine configuration optimization that accounts for uncertainty in the wind resource. As a demonstration, a simple empirical model for wind plant cost of energy is used in an optimization under uncertainty to examine how different risk appetites affect the optimal selection of a turbine configuration for sites of different wind resource profiles.
If there is unusually high uncertainty in the site wind resource, the optimal turbine configuration diverges from the deterministic case and a generally more conservative design is obtained with increasing risk aversion on the part of the designer.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Year: | 2016 |
Pages: | 062012 |
Proceedings: | The Science of Making Torque from Wind 2016European Academy of Wind Energy : The Science of Making Torque from Wind |
ISSN: | 17426596 and 17426588 |
Types: | Journal article and Conference paper |
DOI: | 10.1088/1742-6596/753/6/062012 |
ORCIDs: | Zahle, Frederik |