Print Email Facebook Twitter A Multi-Objective Optimization Framework for Offshore Wind Farm Layouts and Electric Infrastructures Title A Multi-Objective Optimization Framework for Offshore Wind Farm Layouts and Electric Infrastructures Author Fragoso Rodrigues, S.M. (TU Delft DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage) Restrepo, C. Katsouris, G. Teixeira Pinto, R. Soleimanzadeh, M. Bosman, P. Bauer, P. (TU Delft DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage) Date 2016-03-18 Abstract Current offshore wind farms (OWFs) design processes are based on a sequential approach which does not guarantee system optimality because it oversimplifies the problem by discarding important interdependencies between design aspects. This article presents a framework to integrate, automate and optimize the design of OWF layouts and the respective electrical infrastructures. The proposed framework optimizes simultaneously different goals (e.g., annual energy delivered and investment cost) which leads to efficient trade-offs during the design phase, e.g., reduction of wake losses vs collection system length. Furthermore, the proposed framework is independent of economic assumptions, meaning that no a priori values such as the interest rate or energy price, are needed. The proposed framework was applied to the Dutch Borssele areas I and II. A wide range of OWF layouts were obtained through the optimization framework. OWFs with similar energy production and investment cost as layouts designed with standard sequential strategies were obtained through the framework, meaning that the proposed framework has the capability to create different OWF layouts that would have been missed by the designers. In conclusion, the proposed multi-objective optimization framework represents a mind shift in design tools for OWFs which allows cost savings in the design and operation phases. Subject design parameterseconomic functionsmulti-objective optimizationoffshore wind farmstrade-offswind farm designersOA-Fund TU Delft To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2b36898d-1bae-4385-8517-46b099add51b DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/en9030216 ISSN 1996-1073 Source Energies, 9 (3) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2016 S.M. Fragoso Rodrigues, C. Restrepo, G. Katsouris, R. Teixeira Pinto, M. Soleimanzadeh, P. Bosman, P. Bauer Files PDF energies_09_00216.pdf 5.62 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:2b36898d-1bae-4385-8517-46b099add51b/datastream/OBJ/view