Development of a quantitative analysis system for greener and economically sustainable wind farms

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:133

Article

Simons, Philippa J.¹  Cheung, Wai M.² 

[1] Univ Nottingham, Fac Engn, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England

[2] Northumbria Univ, Fac Engn & Environm, Dept Mech & Construct Engn, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England

关键词: The early wind farm design stage;    Cleaner energy;    Environmental impact reduction;    Return on investment;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.030

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This paper reports the development of a quantitative analysis system for selecting a greener and economically sustainable wind farm at the early design stage. A single wind turbine produces a limited amount of carbon emissions throughout its lifecycle. By taking a broader view, such as wind farms, collectively such an application would have a greater impact upon the environment and cost. Recent research on wind farms tends to focus on wind flow modelling to enable accurate prediction of power generation. Therefore, this paper presents a quantitative approach to predict a wind farm's lifetime (i) carbon emissions and intensity; (ii) potential energy production; (iii) return on investment and (iv) payback time from an early design perspective. The overall contribution of this work is to develop a quantitative approach to enable the selection of 'greener' designs for reducing the environmental impacts of a wind farm with hub heights between 44 m and 135 m while still considering its economic feasibility assessment. This newly developed system could potentially be used by top-management and engineers of wind turbine manufacturers and wind energy service providers for cleaner energy provision. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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