VOLTARES CONSULTING

Wind Farm Concept & Layout Design

Optimizing Wind Farm Layouts for Performance and Feasibility

Wind farm layout design requires balancing energy yield, technical constraints, environmental requirements, and practical construction considerations. Turbine positioning must account for wake interactions, terrain conditions, permitting restrictions, and stakeholder requirements while ensuring long-term operational performance.

Voltares develops optimized wind farm concepts that integrate engineering analysis, environmental constraints, and practical construction considerations. Our layouts support efficient project development and provide a strong foundation for permitting and detailed design.

Tools

Layout optimization using advanced wind-field modelling to maximize energy production while minimizing wake losses.

Construction feasibility assessment including cut-and-fill analysis and terrain optimization.

Assessment of site-specific conditions including turbulence intensity, extreme wind parameters, and turbine load implications.

Evaluation of shadow flicker, noise propagation, visual and ecosystemic impacts to support permitting requirements.

Optimization of access roads, crane pads, internal cabling routes, and grid connection points.

Integration of land ownership structures, environmental protection zones, and ecological constraints into layout design.

Head of Consulting

Martin Hölzli

WIND ENERGY WIND RESOURCE ANALYSIS PROJECT PLANNING

Experience

Over 16 years of experience in wind energy consulting and project development, leader and coordinator of the consulting team. He has developed multiple wind parks through technical planning and layout optimisation, and oversees project development processes, ensuring alignment between technical studies, permitting requirements and project strategy. His core expertise lies in wind resource assessment, turbine layout optimisation and project coordination, using WindPRO, Wasp and WaspCFD, with project experience across Europe.

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Our experienced planning team works in an interdisciplinary, technology-driven and solution-oriented manner.

martin.hoelzli@voltares.com +43 676 3962468