LOOKING FOR THE OPTIMAL LOCATION FOR WIND FARMS

• Main Authors: Jerzy Montusiewicz, Michalina Gryniewicz-Jaworska, Paweł Pijarski
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society of Polish Mechanical Engineers and Technicians 2015-08-01
• Series: Advances in Science and Technology Research Journal
• Subjects: wind farm localisation; multicriteria optimisation methods
• Online Access: http://www.journalssystem.com/astrj/LOOKING-FOR-THE-OPTIMAL-LOCATION-FOR-WIND-FARMS,59095,0,2.html

Currently, wind power is a leader in the renewable energy sector. One of the many advantages of the development of renewable energy sources is small harm to the environment. Nevertheless, in order to install a wind farm we must overcome a number of obstacles associated with it. One of the many stages of the construction of wind turbines is designing its proper location. It is a very complex process, in which a number of criteria must be analysed, often hardly comparable with each other and even contradictory. The paper presents the concept of selecting a wind farm location using multicriteria optimisation methods.