Wind power resource assessment for Rafha, Saudi Arabia

Saeed Rehman, I.M. El-Amin, F. Ahmad, S.M. Shaahid, A.M. Al-Shehri and J.M. Bakhashwain

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2007, vol. 11, issue 5, 937-950

Abstract: This paper, presents the analysis of wind speed data and available energy in Rafha area using wind machines of 600, 1000 and 1500Â kW sizes from three manufacturers. The long-term annual mean values of wind speeds were found to vary between a minimum of 2.5Â m/s in the year 2002 and a maximum of 4.9Â m/s in 1990. The frequency distribution showed that wind remained silent for 7% of the time on an average during 24 years of data period and 35% between 0 and 3.5Â m/s. Wind speed remained above 3.5Â m/s for 65% of the time and only 20% of the times above 6.5Â m/s. The annual wind energy production and plant capacity factors, obtained using different methods and wind machines of three sizes and from three manufacturers are also discussed and compared.

Keywords: Wind; speed; Wind; power; Plant; capacity; factor; Wind; machine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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