Abstract
The gap between energy demand and its generation is constantly widening. People have started giving more emphasis on renewable sources of energy. This paper presents the estimation of potential for wind energy generation maps based on fixed wind turbine capacity. Although wind energy has developed substantially in recent years, we have only wind speed and wind potential density maps. Our attempt here is to generate wind energy generation potential maps. Major step in achieving this goal is modeling of wind energy conversion system using TRNSYS software. The model consists of three main components namely the weather, the turbines and energy conversion parameters. The weather data are provided from the meteorological database, namely Meteonorm. The simulated output is compared with actual wind generation of wind farms. After comparing our model results with the existing wind energy generation data, we have extended to compute the wind energy generation for all locations in India. For simulation, 4691 locations are identified considering 0.25° × 0.25° interval. The energy generation simulated data are compiled and developed into maps that are useful to all wind energy developers. The data generated and presented in the form of maps are for all the 30 states of India.
Highlights
The exponential increase in utilization of electrical energy and the constant decrease in conventional sources of energy have led to huge gap between demand and supply of electrical energy
This paper presents the estimation of potential for wind energy generation maps based on fixed wind turbine capacity
After comparing our model results with the existing wind energy generation data, we have extended to compute the wind energy generation for all locations in India
Summary
The exponential increase in utilization of electrical energy and the constant decrease in conventional sources of energy have led to huge gap between demand and supply of electrical energy. According to a report (REN21’s 2016), renewable sources contributed 23.7 percent of generation of electricity in 2015 This energy consumption is divided as 8.9 percent from traditional biomass, 4.2 percent from heat energy (solar, geothermal and modern biomass), 3.9 and 2.2 percent from hydroelectricity and wind respectively [2]. The Government of India has set a target for total renewable capacity as 175 GW by 2022 It includes 60 GW from wind, 100 GW from solar, 10 GW from biomass and 5 GW from small hydro power [3]. Our study presents an approach to develop wind energy generation map based on a typical wind turbine size and presents a method of wind resource assessment in India. Surfer is a powerful contouring, gridding and three dimensional surface mapping software that mainly runs under Microsoft Windows [9]
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