The genetic algorithm is designed to optimize wind farms of any shape. It requires a predefined amount of turbines, a unified rotor radius and an average wind speed value for each incoming wind direction. A terrain effect model can be included that downloads an 'SRTM' elevation model and loads a Corine Land Cover raster to approximate surface roughness.
| Version: | 4.0.0 | 
| Depends: | R (≥ 4.1.0) | 
| Imports: | Rcpp, terra, sf, RColorBrewer, calibrate, grDevices, graphics, magrittr, methods, stats, utils | 
| LinkingTo: | Rcpp | 
| Suggests: | testthat (≥ 3.0.0), foreach, parallel, doParallel, progress, stars, raster, leaflet, elevatr (≥ 0.99.0), ggplot2, gstat, rworldmap | 
| Published: | 2025-01-18 | 
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.windfarmGA | 
| Author: | Sebastian Gatscha [aut, cre, cph] | 
| Maintainer: | Sebastian Gatscha  <sebastian_gatscha at gmx.at> | 
| BugReports: | https://github.com/YsoSirius/windfarmGA/issues | 
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE | 
| URL: | https://ysosirius.github.io/windfarmGA/index.html | 
| NeedsCompilation: | yes | 
| CRAN checks: | windfarmGA results [issues need fixing before 2025-10-31] |