TY - JOUR
TI - Wind farm repowering guided by visual impact criteria
AU - Manchado, C
AU - Gomez-Jauregui, V
AU - Lizcano, P
AU - Iglesias, A
AU - Galvez, A
AU - Otero, C
T2 - Renewable Energy
AB - Within a repowering context, this paper opens a new field of application for visibility and Visual Impact Assessment (VIA) procedures in the decision-making process typical of the design stage of Wind Farms (WF). The proposed methodology presents a test capable of reporting on the visual sustainability of different layouts. It is called Equivalent Visual Impact (EVI). To work with EVI, visibility data have to be numerically available at a level of each pixel and each Wind Turbine (WT). This is called High Resolution Data (HRD). The paper shows how these ideas, EVI and HRD, were applied to a real repowering experience; the result was that the WF could sustain an increment in its power by 37.25% with no additional visual effects. Other associated consequences are discussed.
DA - 2019/05//
PY - 2019
VL - 135
SP - 197
EP - 207
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148118314393#fn1
DO - 10.1016/j.renene.2018.12.007
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Land-Based Wind
KW - Visual Impacts
KW - Human Dimensions
ER -