ASSESSING THE WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL IN PROVINCES OF WEST JAVA, PAPUA, AND EAST BORNEO IN INDONESIA

Abstract

Due to technological advancements and environmental concerns, wind power generation using wind turbines has increased significantly in recent years. In the current study, meteorological data over five years (2015 - 2019) have been used in order to estimate the Weibull distribution function, wind power, and energy density for ten meteorological stations in three provinces. Monthly and yearly wind speed variations are analyzed. The results demonstrated that the values of the shape and scale parameters are varied over a wide range for each site. Moreover, the results illustrated that the highest wind power potential occurs at Jayawijaya city with a potential of 36.23 w/m2. On the other hand, results showed that the monthly wind speed varies in a large range in each site. In the Jayawijaya city, for example, it ranged between 2.27 and 2.9 m/s, whereas in the Bogor Regency it ranged between 0.58 and 0.25 m/s. According to the predicted yearly power and energy densities, the evaluated sites are appropriate for small-scale power generation.