A novel energy yields calculation method for irregular wind farm layout

Due to the increasing size of offshore wind farm, the impact of the wake effect on energy yields become more and more evident. The seafloor topography would limit the layout of the wind farm so that irregular layout is usually adopted in large scale offshore wind farm. However, the calculation for the energy yields in irregular wind farm considering wake effect would be difficult. In this paper, a mathematical model which includes the impacts of the variation of both wind direction and velocity on wake effect is established. Based on the wake model, a binary matrix method is proposed for the energy yields calculation for irregular wind farms. The results show that the proposed wake model is effective in calculating the wind speed deficit. The calculation framework is applicable for energy yields calculation in irregular wind farms.