Optimal placement of wind turbines in a wind park using Monte Carlo simulation

Grigorios Marmidis, Stavros Lazarou and Eleftheria Pyrgioti

Renewable Energy, 2008, vol. 33, issue 7, 1455-1460

Abstract: In the present study, a novel procedure is introduced for the optimal placement and arrangement of wind turbines in a wind park. In this approach a statistical and mathematical method is used, which is called ‘Monte Carlo simulation method’. The optimization is made by the mean of maximum energy production and minimum cost installation criteria. As a test case, a square site is subdivided into 100 square cells that can be possible turbine locations and as a result, the program presents us the optimal arrangement of the wind turbines in the wind park, based on the Monte Carlo simulation method. The results of this study are compared to the results of previous studies that handle the same issue.

Keywords: Wind parks; Wind energy; Monte Carlo simulation; Optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.09.004

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