Market constrained optimal planning for wind energy conversion systems over multiple installation sites

This paper presents two market dependent optimization algorithms that can be used to plan wind energy conversion system (WECS) installations simultaneously over several sites of interest to a utility, within the scope of (1) available WECS models, (2) power demand of the utility, and (3) wind characteristics at each site; both (2) and (3) being variable with time and subject to seasonal changes. A suitable case study illustrates application of the planning algorithms to a scenario comprising of eight installation sites, using a representative market database consisting of 37 available models of WECS.