Design and implementation of wind energy analysis tool (WEATB) in Iraq

Abstract

Wind energy is one of the most important kinds of renewable energy resources in the world. The most effective, friendly to the environment and inexpensive power that can produce by wind. In this paper introduces a new software was designed and implemented “Wind Energy Analysis Tool” (WEATb) based on MATLAB Graphical User Interface (GUI) to analyze deeply wind energy in a selected location in south of Iraq. This software has included two main tools. The first tool (wind data analysis tool), processing the missing data, presented wind speed characteristics, estimate (mean wind speed Um, standard deviation S.D, the shape parameter k, scale parameter c, wind power density WPD, wind energy intensity WEI) using Weibull distribution based on standard deviation method, and plotting many graphs such as wind rose. The second tool (wind turbine analysis tool), the annual energy production kWh, capacity factor CF, and cost of energy $c/kWh can be estimated. This tool used to select the optimal wind turbine in the specific site depending on the minimum cost per kWh or maximum capacity factor generated from wind energy system.