Urban Wind: An Alternative for Sustainable Cities

Isabel Cristina Gil-García, María Socorro García-Cascales and Angel Molina-García
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Isabel Cristina Gil-García: Faculty of Engineering, Distance University of Madrid (UDIMA), c/Coruña, km 38500, Collado Villalba, 28400 Madrid, Spain
María Socorro García-Cascales: Department of Electronics, Technology of Computers and Projects, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, 30202 Cartagena, Spain
Angel Molina-García: Department of Automatics, Electrical Engineering and Electronic Techn, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, 30202 Cartagena, Spain

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 13, 1-20

Abstract: The climate emergency has intensified the search for the generation of electricity from renewable energies in order to turn cities into sustainable cities. Small-scale wind power offers new opportunities for decentralized electricity production, avoiding dependence on the grid and transmission losses. Among viable locations within the urban environment, high-rise buildings are especially promising due to the elevated height and less turbulent wind conditions. They can also be integrated into the architecture of the building or as independent units in the urban environment. In this area, this work presents a methodology for determining the annual energy production of urban wind projects. The proposal is divided into four stages: location, wind and urban indicators, turbine selection and annual production estimation, and economic/environmental analysis. The evaluation of the solution is carried out for a Spanish case study. According to the results, more than 68,000 kWh/year can be generated with an investment recovery period of less than six years.

Keywords: renewable energies; urban wind; sustainable cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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