Abstract
Due to the energy demand and lack of supplied energy of Palestinian cities, wind resource assessment is important and necessary. The objective of the work is to analyze the wind speed data characteristics and wind power potential at eastern Jerusalem that are collected at 10 m above ground level from 2008 to 2018. The variations of monthly, seasonal, and annual wind speed are analyzed, and the measured maximum, minimum, and mean values are presented in this study. Wind speed characteristics have been analyzed by the well-known Weibull distribution function, and used to evaluate the wind power of the proposed site. Moreover, the relationship between wind power and mean wind speed is fitted by a second-order polynomial. The shape parameter moderate values showed that wind speed was relatively steady at the site. The highest average maximum value was found to be 5.7 m/s in June-2008, whereas the mean maximum values ranged from 5.4 m/s in June to 3.8 m/s in November. The highest mean power value was found to be 31.66 w/m2 in July with a maximum value of 23.18 w/m2 in 2013. R2 of the polynomial fit provides values of 95% for monthly mean and 96% for annual mean.
Highlights
Palestine faces a critical situation with regard to achieving sustainable development
The objective of the work is to analyze the wind speed data characteristics and wind power potential at eastern Jerusalem that are collected at 10 m above ground level from 2008 to 2018
Over the period of study, it was found that all years recorded maximum daily wind speeds of greater than 10 m/s at the first part of each year except 2014 and 2017, while, at the end part of the years, the same result obtained in the years 2008-2010, 2012-2013
Summary
Palestine faces a critical situation with regard to achieving sustainable development. Many problems contributed to the continuous deterioration of the political, economic, social and environmental conditions, and hindered development initiatives. The Palestinian energy sector is insecure and different compared to other neighboring countries in the Middle East, for several reasons: lack of natural resources, unstable political conditions, financial crisis, and high population density. Palestine relies on other countries for 100% of its fossil fuel imports and 87% of its electricity imports [3]. High population growth, high living standards and rapid growth of industry have resulted in an enormous demand for energy in Palestine in recent years
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