Likelihood of wind energy assisted hydrogen production in three selected stations of Fiji Islands

Abstract

ABSTRACTMajority of the people have been paid attention towards renewable and clean sources of energy like wind. Due to the uncertainties related to wind turbines, issues of energy storage are noteworthy. One of the aptest methods of energy storage is the production of hydrogen from the wind. The main aim of this paper is to investigate the potential of wind energy assisted hydrogen production in three selected stations of Fiji Islands using various wind turbines. From the analysis of results and discussion, Vestas V110-2.0 provides acceptable capacity factors among all inspected wind turbines with the highest value of 77.06% for the station at Labasa. Additionally, the highest energy production was from the Vestas V110-2.0 wind turbine with an annual production of 13,501,620 kWh. The conversion system used in this study resulted in a linear relationship between generated wind energy and the amount of hydrogen produced. Therefore, the highest amount of yearly hydrogen production (240.19 ton-H) is related to the largest examined wind turbine, installed in the station at Labasa.