Assessment of wind power potential for turbine installation in coastal areas of Turkey

Aynur Ucar and Figen Balo

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2010, vol. 14, issue 7, 1901-1912

Abstract: This paper analyses the potential and the feasibility basis for the wind energy resources in some locations of coastal regions of Turkey. The dominant wind directions, the mean values, wind speeds, wind potential and the frequency distributions were determined. The results showed that BalIkesir and Çanakkale among annual averages show higher value of mean wind speed. The mean annual value of Weibull shape parameter k is between 1.54 and 1.86 while the annual value of scale parameter c is between 2.52Â m/s and 8.34Â m/s. A technical assessment has been made of electricity generation from four wind turbines having capacity of 600Â kW, 1500Â kW, 2000Â kW and 2500Â kW. The yearly energy output and capacity factor for the four different turbines were calculated.

Keywords: Wind; energy; Wind; power; potential; Wind; turbine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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