A pre-feasibility study of wind resources in Kutubdia Island, Bangladesh

Shafiuzzaman Khan Khadem and Muhtasham Hussain

Renewable Energy, 2006, vol. 31, issue 14, 2329-2341

Abstract: Kutubdia is one of the coastal islands in Bangladesh. The wind speed data at the wind monitoring station of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), Kutubdia, located in a built-up area, appears to be low, but at another location, near the seashore, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) finds that the wind energy availability should be reasonably high. Considering the surface roughness, obstacle condition and terrain information of the island, a micro-scale prediction has been done using (100×100m2) grid cells in the Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program (WAsP) to develop monthly and annual wind atlas and also a wind resource map which shows that at 50m height, the annual wind speed over Kutubdia coast varies from 5.1 to 5.8m/s. Southern and Eastern sides of Kutubdia appear to be promising for wind electricity generation using large turbines where wind power density at a height of 50m or higher is found to be above 200W/m2 annually over the year September 1996 to August 1997. It is found that at 30m height, the coast side of Kutubdia should be sustainable for small turbines.

Keywords: Wind resource assessment; WAsP analysis; Kutubdia Island; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.02.011

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