Analysis of wind speed data and wind energy potential using Weibull distribution in Zagora, Morocco

Daoudi Mohammed,Elkhouzai Elmostapha,Ait Sidi Mou Abdelaziz,Elkhomri Mohammed

doi:10.14710/ijred.8.3.267-273

Abstract

This paper presents the wind energy potential at 10 m during a period of 09 years (2009-2017) in the province of Zagora using the Weibull distribution method. Extrapolation of the 10 m data, using the power Law, has been used to determine the wind data at heights of 30 m; 50 m and 70 m. The objective is to evaluate the most important characteristics of wind energy in the studied site . The statistical attitudes permit us to estimate the mean wind speed, the wind speed distribution function and the mean wind power density in the site at the height of 30 m; 50 m and 70 m. From the primary evaluation indicate that the annual energy output and capacity factor increases with increasing the wind speed, it can obtain about 2.62 GWh/year, that is acceptable quantity for the wind energy. ©2019. CBIORE-IJRED. All rights reserved

Highlights

Renewable energy systems are rapidly becoming more efficient and cheaper and their share of total energy consumption is increasing (IRENA 2015)
Denmark is the world's leading country in installed wind turbine capacity by population, wind power in this country covered more than 40% of its electricity demand, while Ireland, Portugal and Spain each covered nearly 20%
The main results obtained from the statistical analysis of wind speed data from 2009 to 2017 are presented

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Renewable energy systems are rapidly becoming more efficient and cheaper and their share of total energy consumption is increasing (IRENA 2015). As of 2019 worldwide, more than two-thirds of all new electricity capacity installed was renewable (Global renewable energy trends 2019). Growth in consumption of coal and oil could end by 2020 due to increased uptake of renewables and natural gas (IRENA 2019). Wind-generated electricity met nearly 4% of global electricity demand in 2015, with nearly 63 GW of new wind power capacity installed. Wind energy was the leading source of new capacity in Europe, the US and Canada, and the second largest in China. Denmark is the world's leading country in installed wind turbine capacity by population, wind power in this country covered more than 40% of its electricity demand, while Ireland, Portugal and Spain each covered nearly 20%

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