Toward an Evolutionary Multi-Criteria Model for the Analysis and Estimation of Wind Potential

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to model, analyze and estimate wind energy at East region of Mohammedia and other Moroccan sites. The basic data were taken from meteorological records of each region. In this context, this work is focused on a methodological approach of a decision support system for optimal choice of wind turbine using multi-criteria model that takes into consideration both the accurate Weibull distribution in the area (wind speed-ground roughness) and the technical parameters of the wind turbine. In this approach we realized an adapted modeling of each element of the turbine (rotor-multiplier-generator). This article also offers a way to forecast wind speed in a region where wind data are not accessible using an artificial neural network.