Wind energy resource assessment in south western of Algeria

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the wind potential in southwestern Algeria, according to months, seasons and entire years and contribute to the updating of the wind map in Algeria at 10 m from the ground, using hourly data for wind collected over a period of more than 30 years. The wind data analysis was done using the Weibull function at 10 m from the ground. Then we did the statistical analysis, which includes several fundamental properties, such as Weibull parameters, mean wind speed and average power density. The results give the city of Tindouf as the one with the highest annual average speed with 5.39 m/s at 10 m from the ground. As for the temporal study, it gives that spring is the best windy period.