WIND PARAMETERS ANALYSIS ON FIVE LOCATIONS IN MACEDONIA –- THE SECOND MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN

Abstract

The world population growth and the technological development have increased the demands for electricity. Because of the limited deposits of fossil fuel and the negative impact its combustion causes to the envi ronment, the electricity production technologies are orienting towards using the renewable energy sources. From all the renewable energy sources, the most studied one over the last decade is the wind. Wind parameters of interest in electrical study are its speed and direction; once they are measured it is easy to determine other characteristic parame ters such as wind energy density on the specific location. In the manuscript, monthly and seasonal mean wind speeds are presented, alongside the wind energy density for five locations in the Republic of Macedonia, for almost four years of measurements. Key words: monthly mean wind speeds; seasonal mean wind speed; scale parameter; shape parameter; wind energy density REFERENCES: [1] Vladimir Dimcev, Vlatko Stoilkov, Krste Najdenkovski, Živko Kokolanski, Maja Celeska: Establishing wind energy data base in the Republic of Macedonia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and IT, Skopje, September 2015. [2] Vladimir Dimcev, Vlatko Stoilkov, Krste Najdenkovski, Živko Kokolanski, Maja Celeska: Summary report for the second wind measurement campaign in the Republic of Macedonia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and IT, Skopje, April 2016. [3] Kiril Demerdžiev: Wind energy potential measurement and data analysis, bachelor thesis, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and IT, Skopje, October 2015. [4] I. Munteanu, A. I. Bratcu, N. A. Cutululis, E. Ceanga: Optimal Control of Wind Energy Systems – Towards a Global Approach, Springer-Verlag, London, 2008. [5] A. N. Celik: A statistical Analysis of Wind Power Density Based on the Weibull and Rayleigh Models at the Southern Region of Turkey, Renewable Energy, 29, (2), 21–33 (2006). [6] Mahyoub H. Al-Buhairi, Ahmed Al-Haydari: Monthly and Seasonal Investigation of Wind Characteristics and Assessment of Wind Energy Potential in Al-Mokha, Yemen, Energy and Power Engineering, 4 (3), 125–131 (2012), doi: 10.4236/epe.2012.43017. [7] Sunday O. Oyedepo, Muyiwa S. Adaramola, Samuel S.Paul: Analysis of wind speed data and wind energy potential in three selected locations in south-east Nigeria, International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 3 (7), 1–11 (2012) (http://www. journal-ijeee.com/content/3/1/7).