<b>A raster-based multi-objective spatial optimization framework for offshore wind farm site-prospecting</b>

Planning an offshore wind project is considered a highly complex and multivariable task since it involves controversial objectives and constraints to be considered.<b> </b>Hence, compactness and contiguity are indispensable properties<b> </b>in spatial modelling for Renewable Energy Sources (RES) planning processes.<b> </b>The proposed methodology demonstrates the development of a raster-based spatial optimization model for future Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) site-prospecting multi-objective optimization in terms of the simulated Annual Energy Production (AEP), Wind Power Variability (WPV) and the Depth Profile (DP), towards an integer mathematical programming approach.