Wind farm repowering guided by visual impact criteria

Cristina Manchado, Valentin Gomez-Jauregui, Piedad E. Lizcano, Andres Iglesias, Akemi Galvez and Cesar Otero

Renewable Energy, 2019, vol. 135, issue C, 197-207

Abstract: Within a repowering context, this paper opens a new field of application for visibility and Visual Impact Assessment (VIA) procedures in the decision-making process typical of the design stage of Wind Farms (WF). The proposed methodology presents a test capable of reporting on the visual sustainability of different layouts. It is called Equivalent Visual Impact (EVI). To work with EVI, visibility data have to be numerically available at a level of each pixel and each Wind Turbine (WT). This is called High Resolution Data (HRD). The paper shows how these ideas, EVI and HRD, were applied to a real repowering experience; the result was that the WF could sustain an increment in its power by 37.25% with no additional visual effects. Other associated consequences are discussed.

Keywords: Equivalent visual impact; EVI; Level of detail; Visual impact assessment; VIA; Wind energy repowering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.12.007

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