Assessment and analysis of wind power resource using weibull parameters

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In this study, wind data of eleven years (2002-2012) has been used to determine wind characteristics of Saudi Arabian city Jeddah. These characteristics include the daily, monthly and annual wind speed, wind probability density distribution, shape (k) and scale (c) parameters at 10 m height. The analysis revealed that yearly values of k ranged from 1.398 to 1.763 with a mean value of 1.590 and values of scale parameter c varied from 3.146 to 4.329 with mean value of 3.95. Furthermore, the results showed that maximum and minimum wind power potential was observed in the month of March and February, respectively. The wind was found to be blowing predominantly from south east direction. It was found that wind potential of the region can be used for small scale off-grid wind applications.

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Bassyouni, M., Gutub, S., Javaid, U., Awais, M., Rehman, S., Abdel-Hamid, S., … Shafeek, H. (2015). Assessment and analysis of wind power resource using weibull parameters. Energy Exploration and Exploitation, 33(1), 105–122. https://doi.org/10.1260/0144-5987.33.1.105

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