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http://dx.doi.org/10.7319/kogsis.2014.22.4.013

Wind Farm Siting in Mountainous Terrain By Geomorphometric Characterization  

Kim, Hyun Goo (New-Renewable Energy Resource Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Hwang, Hyo Jung (New-Renewable Energy Resource Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Kang, Yong Heack (New-Renewable Energy Resource Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Yun, Chang Yeol (New-Renewable Energy Resource Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Jung, Bi Rin (GIS United, Ltd.)
Song, Kyu Bong (GIS United, Ltd.)
Publication Information
Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science / v.22, no.4, 2014 , pp. 13-19 More about this Journal
Abstract
To develop a wind farm in a mountainous terrain like Korea, it is generally more advantageous to install wind turbines along a mountain ridge where has relatively better wind resource because that is open in all directions and free from shielding by the surrounding topography. In this study, the SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) v4.1 3 arc-second resolution digital elevation database and the geomorphometric characterization software LandSerf v2.3 are used to extract ridge lines for assessing a wind farm siting in mountainous terrain. The effectiveness of wind farm siting along a ridge line is confirmed that the most of wind turbines in the Gangwon, Taegisan, and Maebongsan wind farms in Korea's mountainous terrain are placed along the primary and secondary ridge lines where wind resource is relatively outstanding.
Keywords
Wind Farm Siting; Mountainous Terrain; Geomorphometric Characterization; Wind Resource Map;
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