Assessment of wind characteristics and wind turbine characteristics in Taiwan

Tsang-Jung Chang, Yu-Ting Wu, Hua-Yi Hsu, Chia-Ren Chu and Chun-Min Liao

Renewable Energy, 2003, vol. 28, issue 6, 851-871

Abstract: Wind characteristics and wind turbine characteristics in Taiwan have been thoughtfully analyzed based on a long-term measured data source (1961–1999) of hourly mean wind speed at 25 meteorological stations across Taiwan. A two-stage procedure for estimating wind resource is proposed. The yearly wind speed distribution and wind power density for the entire Taiwan is firstly evaluated to provide annually spatial mean information of wind energy potential. A mathematical formulation using a two-parameter Weibull wind speed distribution is further established to estimate the wind energy generated by an ideal turbine and the monthly actual wind energy generated by a wind turbine operated at cubic relation of power between cut-in and rated wind speed and constant power between rated and cut-out wind speed. Three types of wind turbine characteristics (the availability factor, the capacity factor and the wind turbine efficiency) are emphasized. The monthly wind characteristics and monthly wind turbine characteristics for four meteorological stations with high winds are investigated and compared with each other as well. The results show the general availability of wind energy potential across Taiwan.

Keywords: Wind energy; Wind characteristics; Wind turbine characteristics; Weibull wind speed distribution; Taiwan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(02)00184-2

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