Alam Md. Mahbub
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Department, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Shafiqur Rehman
Center for Engineering Research, Research Institute, King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia \ Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Department, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Josua Meyer
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Department, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Luai M. Al-Hadhrami
Center for Engineering Research, Research Institute, King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp110574082Published in: World Renewable Energy Congress - Sweden; 8-13 May; 2011; Linköping; Sweden
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 57:5, p. 4082-4089
Published: 2011-11-03
ISBN: 978-91-7393-070-3
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
Generating energy with clean and renewable sources of energy has become imperative due to the present days’ energy crisis and growing environmental consciousness. The objective of the present study is to assess the wind power; wind shear exponent; air turbulence intensity; energy yield; plant capacity factor and effect of hub height on energy yield and PCF for the site under consideration. To achieve the set objectives; wind speed measurements at different height made during the evaluation period were utilized. The site under consideration was found to be feasible for developing grid connected wind farms in the area with annual energy yield of 11.75GWh with plant capacity factor of 48.8% from one wind turbine of 2.75MW rated power with a hub height of 100m from Vestas.
Wind Energy; Saudi Arabia; Plant Capacity Factor; Wind Speed; Weibull Parameters; Wind Shear; Wind Turbulence
