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  • Research Article   
  • Innov Ener Res 2019, Vol 8(3): 232

Preliminary Urban Area Wind Resource Assessment and Wind Speed Data Analysis

Halefom Kidane1*, Srinivas Cheruku Rao2 and Kalekristos Gebremariam2
1Institute of Technology, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia
2Ethiopian Institute of Technology, Mekelle, Ethiopia
*Corresponding Author : Halefom Kidane, Institute of Technology, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, Tel: +251914437097, Email: hale1219@gmail.com

Received Date: Jun 08, 2019 / Accepted Date: Aug 01, 2019 / Published Date: Aug 08, 2019

Abstract

Recently society of world is more interested in using pollution free sources of energy. Wind energy is among the renewable energy which is the most valuable and promising choice because it is abundant, renewable, environmentally friendly. Accessing characterizing and knowing the probability of the wind resource are the main aim of this work. The paper was started by selecting appropriate site; thus, the target area was Mekelle University. A secondary data collection method was used to carry out the study. Direct and indirect methods was used to analyses the collected data then extrapolated to the proposed hub height using power law. Weibull probability density function used to forecast the wind resource. From the analysis presented Winter was the windy season in both years and the annual mean wind speeds for the years 2010 and 2012 were 3.67 m/s and 3.57 m/s at height of 10 m and 4.69 m/s and 4.59 m/s at 26 m respectively. The dominant prevailing wind direction was east.

Keywords: Wind energy; Direct method; Indirect method; Weibull probability density function

Citation: Kidane H, Rao SC, Gebremariam K (2019) Preliminary Urban Area Wind Resource Assessment and Wind Speed Data Analysis. Innov Ener Res 8: 232.

Copyright: © 2019 Kidane H, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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