Assessment of wind power potential for turbine installation in coastal areas of Turkey

This paper analyses the potential and the feasibility basis for the wind energy resources in some locations of coastal regions of Turkey. The dominant wind directions, the mean values, wind speeds, wind potential and the frequency distributions were determined. The results showed that BalIkesir and Canakkale among annual averages show higher value of mean wind speed. The mean annual value of Weibull shape parameter k is between 1.54 and 1.86 while the annual value of scale parameter c is between 2.52Â m/s and 8.34Â m/s. A technical assessment has been made of electricity generation from four wind turbines having capacity of 600Â kW, 1500Â kW, 2000Â kW and 2500Â kW. The yearly energy output and capacity factor for the four different turbines were calculated.

[1]  R. Tuğrul Oğulata,et al.  Energy sector and wind energy potential in Turkey , 2003 .

[2]  Ali Mostafaeipour,et al.  Feasibility study of harnessing wind energy for turbine installation in province of Yazd in Iran , 2010 .

[3]  J. A. Carta,et al.  A review of wind speed probability distributions used in wind energy analysis: Case studies in the Canary Islands , 2009 .

[4]  Mustapha Elamouri,et al.  Wind energy potential in Tunisia , 2008 .

[5]  Mustafa Serdar Genç,et al.  Evaluation of electricity generation and energy cost of wind energy conversion systems (WECSs) in Central Turkey , 2009 .

[6]  Noreddine Ghaffour,et al.  Assessment of wind energy to power solar brackish water greenhouse desalination units: A case study from Algeria , 2009 .

[7]  Erkan Erdogdu,et al.  On the wind energy in Turkey , 2009 .

[8]  Rodolfo Pallabazzer,et al.  Parametric analysis of wind siting efficiency , 2003 .

[9]  N. Eskin,et al.  Wind energy potential of Gökçeada Island in Turkey , 2008 .

[10]  Seyit Ahmet Akdağ,et al.  A new method to estimate Weibull parameters for wind energy applications , 2009 .

[11]  Aylin Çiğdem Köne,et al.  An Analytical Network Process (ANP) evaluation of alternative fuels for electricity generation in Turkey , 2007 .

[12]  Y. Himri,et al.  Assessing the wind energy potential projects in Algeria , 2009 .

[13]  Murat Gökçek,et al.  Investigation of wind characteristics and wind energy potential in Kirklareli, Turkey , 2007 .

[14]  Radian Belu,et al.  Wind characteristics and wind energy potential in western Nevada , 2009 .

[15]  Tariq Muneer,et al.  Analysis and inter-comparison of energy yield of wind turbines in Pakistan using detailed hourly and per minute recorded data sets , 2009 .

[16]  A. S. Ahmed Shata,et al.  The potential of electricity generation on the east coast of Red Sea in Egypt , 2006 .