Optimal positioning of wind turbines in a geographically defined wind park using memetic algorithms

Abstract

In this paper the optimization problem of positioning of wind turbines in a wind park of known dimensions is addressed. A memetic algorithm approach is presented in order to obtain the coordinates of the optimal points of installation within the park. An objective function is defined and its minimization ensures maximum power production along with minimum costs. Parameterization of the algorithm is available, in terms of the size of the initial population, the number of iterations, the number of the wind turbines that are going to be installed and the number of the best solutions that will be returned.

Keywords and phrases:

• Memetic algorithms
• local search
• optimization problems
• wind turbines
• wind park
• objective function