Wind speed pattern and the available wind power at Basotu, Tanzania

R.M.R. Kainkwa

Renewable Energy, 2000, vol. 21, issue 2, 289-295

Abstract: This paper examines the wind speed pattern and the available wind power at Basotu, Tanzania. Wind speed data for two different sessions reveals that the windy season, is from June to November, with October being the windiest month. The average monthly wind power from June to November is at least 114 W/m2. The shortfall of hydroelectricity that prevails during the dry season is normally supplemented from fossil fuel generators. It is fortunate that the windy season coincides with the dry season. It is urged that the use of wind turbines to supplement the shortfall of hydroelectricity during the dry season would offset the emission of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel generators that degrade our aerial environment.

Keywords: Wind energy; Wind turbines; Hydroelectricity; Windy and dry seasons (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (10)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148100000768
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:21:y:2000:i:2:p:289-295

DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(00)00076-8

Access Statistics for this article

Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides

More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().