Abstract
With economic development and population growth, energy demand has shown an upward trend. Renewable energy is inexhaustible and causes little pollution, which has broad prospects for development. In recent years, wind energy has been developed as an essential renewable energy source. The use of wind power is very environmentally friendly and plays a critical role in economic growth. Assessing the characteristics and potential of wind energy is the first step in the effective development of wind energy. The wind speed distribution at a specific location determines the available wind energy. This paper reviews the wind speed distribution models used for wind energy assessment, and they are applicable to different wind regimes. All potential wind speed distribution models should be considered for modeling wind speed data at a particular site. Previous studies have selected several parameter estimation methods and evaluation criteria to estimate model parameters and evaluate the goodness-of-fit. This paper discusses their advantages and disadvantages. The characteristics of wind speed distribution are constantly varying geographically and temporally. Wind energy assessment should consider local geographical elements, such as local climate, topography, and thermal properties difference between the land and the sea, and focus on long-term variations in wind characteristics.
Highlights
Energy is a necessary material basis for the survival and development of human society
Deep et al (2020) used the modified LSM for parameter estimation, and the results show that its effect is not inferior to other methods
This section uses a case study to compare the fitting effects of the two-parameter Weibull distribution and the threeparameter Weibull distribution at different sites
Summary
Energy is a necessary material basis for the survival and development of human society. With the continuous growth of the population and the rapid development of the global economy, energy demand is increasing. Fossil fuels gradually formed in nature over millions of years may be entirely exhausted by humans within a few hundred years (Baz et al, 2021). The carbon in fossil fuels is transformed into carbon dioxide, which increases the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, leading to aggravation of the greenhouse effect, changing the global climate, and breaking the ecological balance (Arenas-López and Badaoui, 2020). As people gradually realize the importance and urgency of environmental protection, energy conservation, emission reduction, and sustainable development, renewable energy has become the primary energy source required for future social development and has broad potential demands. Many countries take wind power development to improve the energy structure and protect
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