Simulation-Based Analysis of Onshore Wind Farm Installation Strategies

Wind energy constitutes a main contributor to clean and renewable energy. While the offshore sector has received much attention from research and industry, onshore wind farms still make up the largest share of installation projects. Thereby, onshore installations retain similar wind speed restrictions as their offshore counterparts but additionally introduce limits and wait time restrictions between installation operations. This article proposes extending a planning method initially designed for offshore wind farms to cover these additional requirements and proposes a simulation model capable of evaluating the resulting plans. The results show that the extended approach prevents violations of these requirements, mitigates the influence of weather forecast uncertainties, and provides efficient plans for installation operations.