Wind farm pilot project in Libya

W. El-Osta, M. Belhag, M. Klat, I. Fallah and Y. Kalifa

Renewable Energy, 1995, vol. 6, issue 5, 639-642

Abstract: Libya is an oil producing country, yet it is trying to develop its renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind energy. Libya has a reasonable wind potential that should be harnessed and exploited to contribute, partly, to the total electric energy demand. The Center for Solar Energy Studies is undertaking a pilot project of a small wind farm of about 1.5 MW. This project aims to transfer technological know-how in the field of wind energy applications to electricity generation as well as to grid connection. It is the first wind farm to be established in Libya. Several sites in the Tripoli area were investigated in order to choose the most suitable site for this project. Analysis of wind data was performed for each site using WASP software. According to this analysis, Zwara (120 km West of Tripoli) was chosen to be the site of the project. The average wind speed (at 10 m height) is 6.9 m s−1 and the site's available power is 399 W m−2. A weather station (WICOM II-d from the Ammonite company) was installed near the site to doubly ensure the site's evaluation and assessment. The compilation and analysis of the wind data from this weather station, to some extent, is in agreement with the analysis performed on wind data from the meteorological station, which is very encouraging to the further continuation of this project. Some companies were contacted to obtain offers for WECS for the wind farm. Two companies were selected to provide the WECS for the wind farm. Four V27 225 kW wind turbines from Vestas will be installed in addition to two 300 kW wind turbines from Nordtank (NTK 300/31).

Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(95)00061-N

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