Decision-Making in Design, Maintenance, Planning, and Investment of Wind Energy

This book demonstrates how decision-making models can be applied to  solve specific real-life problems, with a particular emphasis on wind  energy. In a step-by-step manner, it guides the reader through  decision-making, the formulation of optimization models, and the methods  for solving them. After providing an overview of various models for the  design of wind farms, it presents an optimization model for deciding  which economy (country) to invest in and models for selecting suppliers.  A dedicated chapter focuses on different models for monitoring and  predictive maintenance for wind turbines (farms) due to the construction  of turbine blades and vibration. It shows how combinatorial  optimization models can help to make optimal decisions for  one-dimensional cutting stock of blanks, their processing, and  determining the optimal composition for production. Moreover, it  discusses how the energy consumption balance index formed by  conventional and renewable sources can be determined and presents a  means of identifying the relative share of wind energy consumption among  the other renewable sources. 

Operations  research professionals, students, and decision-makers alike will find  this book to be a valuable resource for tackling real-world challenges  and driving sustainable advances in wind energy solutions.