Small Wind Technology Diffusion in Suburban Areas of Sicily

Simona Culotta, Vincenzo Franzitta, Daniele Milone and Gino Moncada Lo Giudice
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Simona Culotta: Scuola Politecnica—Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze ed. 9, Palermo 90128, Italy
Vincenzo Franzitta: DEIM—Dipartimento Di Energia, Ingegneria Dell'informazione e Modelli Matematici, Università di Palermo, Palermo 90128, Italy
Daniele Milone: DEIM—Dipartimento Di Energia, Ingegneria Dell'informazione e Modelli Matematici, Università di Palermo, Palermo 90128, Italy
Gino Moncada Lo Giudice: Universita La Sapienza Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy

Sustainability, 2015, vol. 7, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: Among renewable energy resources, wind energy became more attractive in the last decade. Wind farm installations dramatically increased in areas where climatic conditions, topography, and environment have allowed their development. The installation of wind turbines, usually carried out in remote areas, recently began to cover areas identified by a complex terrain such as urban and suburban zones. Although these new plant choices are characterized by lower productivity, there is increasing interest in wind energy production in both urban and suburban areas. In this work the authors have carried out an energy analysis developed from a sample of small wind turbines available on the market. This study shows how variable the energy production of a small wind turbine can be according to many design and context parameters: wind profiles, installation height, land use, and characteristics of the turbine.

Keywords: energy; renewable energy; wind energy; wind turbines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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