Energy assessment of the first wind farm section of Sidi Daoud, Tunisia

F. Ben Amar, M. Elamouri and R. Dhifaoui

Renewable Energy, 2008, vol. 33, issue 10, 2311-2321

Abstract: Tunisia is one of the Mediterranean countries having windy enough areas, in particular along the coasts. During the past years, Tunisia has embarked upon wind energy programs. The first wind farm in Tunisia was brought into service in January 2000 in the region of Sidi Daoud: it is the first section of the farm that consists of 32 aerogenerators (Made AE-32) of 10.56MW capacity.

Keywords: Tunisia; Wind farm of Sidi Daoud; Wind energy; Meteorological distribution; Weibull method; Rayleigh method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.12.019

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