 Wind speed analysis in the province of Alicante, Spain. Potential for small-scale wind turbinesM. Cabello and J.A.G. Orza Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2010, vol. 14, issue 9, 3185-3191 Abstract: The statistical characteristics of the wind speed in the province of Alicante, southeastern Spain, have been analyzed using 9-year wind data recorded at 2Â m above the ground by 17 weather stations belonging to the Valencian Institute for Agriculture Research (IVIA). The overall mean wind speed in the area is 1.7Â m/s with the windy regions located at the northwest side in the highlands. A clear seasonal and daily pattern is shown with maximum in spring-summer during the central hours of the day, influenced by the sea breeze; and minimum in autumn-winter at night. The wind frequency distributions show two and three modes. The sum-lognormal model is found to be a good fit with very high correlation in all the sites. The extrapolation to 10Â m with the power law and the wind shear exponent [alpha], shows a large underestimation in the northern coastal sites and a good agreement in the innermost locations, when compared to measurements done at 10Â m in a number of stations. Keywords: Wind; speed; Sum-lognormal; distribution; Height; extrapolation; Small-scale; wind; turbine (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:rensus:v:14:y:2010:i:9:p:3185-3191 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews is currently edited by L. Kazmerski More articles in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews from Elsevier |
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