Analysis and inter-comparison of energy yield of wind turbines in Pakistan using detailed hourly and per minute recorded data sets

Makkawi, A.; Tham, Yieng Wei; Asif, Muhammad; Muneer, Tariq

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2009.05.017

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“…796,095 km 2 , including the water region whereas the land area is about 77,085 km 2 . The coastal line area of Pakistan is almost 1100 km.…”

Section: Proposed Sites For Wind Turbine Installationmentioning

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“…Therefore, it is necessary to minimize the dependence on fossil fuels for a sustainable future. This study, focusing on Pakistan's electricity crisis, provides a pathway for the utilization of alternative energy resources, in particular, wind energy, for overcoming this electricity crisis and thus helping to raise the national per capita economic index [2].…”

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A Research on Electricity Generation from Wind Corridors of Pakistan (Two Provinces): A Technical Proposal for Remote Zones

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Abstract:The non-renewable energy resources are limited and depleting gradually. As such, energy security has attained the greatest amount of attention globally than ever before. In the meantime, energy crises are already affecting the developing countries such as Pakistan, even though one-third of the population of the country is not even not connected to the national electricity grid. The population with access to on-grid electricity is enduring load shedding of more than 12 h a day. This situation is alarming and require immediate attention is required so as to add alternative energy resources to the country, which has long been relying on imported fuels. It is, therefore, high time that the abundant potential in the renewable energy resources of Pakistan such as solar, wind, and biomass are harnessed. These renewable energy resources are economical and environmentally friendly, and thus considered as sustainable, and the utilization of these in meeting energy demands can help to conserve conventional resources early diminishing. This paper provides a detailed description of the energy consumption and load-shedding scenario in Pakistan thereby focusing specifically Sindh and Baluchistan provinces. Since, wind energy is considered one of the cost-effective renewable resources, six potential sites in these two provinces are considered in this study. These sites lie within 250 km of the southeastern and 800 km of the southwestern regions of Pakistan. One-year wind speed data have been reported for variable heights of these proposed sites which represent to have an annual average wind speed of 6.63 m/s and 5.33 m/s respectively. The power generation data for these location of two provinces is 7.653 GWh, and 5.456 GWh per annum respectively. This study also elaborates on the advantages and disadvantages of harvesting and installing the wind energy and provides a technical proposal for the generation of electricity from the wind in the selected remote zones which are off the national grid. The findings of this paper will help concerned government departments to devise appropriate policies and attract investment in the wind energy sector to eradicate the on-going electricity crisis.

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“…796,095 km 2 , including the water region whereas the land area is about 77,085 km 2 . The coastal line area of Pakistan is almost 1100 km.…”

Section: Proposed Sites For Wind Turbine Installationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

A Research on Electricity Generation from Wind Corridors of Pakistan (Two Provinces): A Technical Proposal for Remote Zones

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“…Globally renewable energy is the most appropriate way to meet the client's rapidly growing requirements . The proper energy allocation is enormously desirable for different regions, such as North America, Europe, and Asia‐Pacific regions can sustain with conventional energy generation techniques up to 10, 57, and 40 years, respectively, thus, it is obligatory to minimize the dependence on water, oil, coal energy, and other conventional sources . In comparison with numerous developing countries, Pakistan is facing a massive problem with the electricity crisis.…”

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Techno‐economic analysis of power generation from a potential wind corridor of pakistan: An overview

Baloch

Jie

Kaloi

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Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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Since the consumption of non‐renewable sources is diminishing day‐by‐day, most of the developing countries across the globe are facing a severe energy crisis. This energy crisis affects the developing countries such as Pakistan so extensively that population has a crucial problem of load shedding for long hours. Thus, there exists a fundamental need for alternative and economical energy resources, for example, solar, wind, and biofuel energy. Meanwhile, out of all the financially viable ways of power generation, the wind energy is considered as the most economical way. However, in this article authors selected six potential wind zones which lie within 1100 km of coastal zones. In this study, only 1‐year wind speed raw data is considered and taken from appropriate wind zones at various heights with the support of Pakistan Metrological Department. Besides all, this project encourages the domestic as well as the foreign investor to invest in the wind energy projects at windy zones, which basically opens the business doors for the community of Pakistan for power generation, which leads to overcoming the energy crisis along the countryside. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 38: 706–720, 2019

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“…Numerous attempts regarding the evaluation of wind energy potential for onshore and offshore regions had been carried out. Literature survey [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] for this study showed that, different time resolutions such as ten minutes, half hourly, hourly, three hourly, daily and monthly mean wind data are used to estimate wind energy potential and energy output of wind turbines. However, relatively little researches have been conducted to assess the influence of wind speed measurement resolution on wind turbine estimated energy production.…”

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Impact of Wind Speed Measurement Resolution on Estimated Capacity Factor and Electricity Production Cost

Akdağ

Güler

2013

Energy & Environment

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This paper presents the results of the estimated capacity factor differences of 55 wind turbines for nine resolutions of wind speed data. It is found that the utilization of low resolution mean wind speed data for energy output estimation may cause critical errors. Since wind speed is highly variable in time, utilization of low resolution mean wind speed data inevitably leads to a smoothing of the data, thus leading a loss of information and wind characteristics. The estimated capacity factor of wind turbines and the mean power density of a region can therefore change with data resolution. Noticeable capacity factor and wind power density differences were found among different resolution data sets. Therefore, high resolution mean wind speeds should be used when evaluating the economic and technical viability of wind energy project.

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Analysis and inter-comparison of energy yield of wind turbines in Pakistan using detailed hourly and per minute recorded data sets

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A Research on Electricity Generation from Wind Corridors of Pakistan (Two Provinces): A Technical Proposal for Remote Zones

A Research on Electricity Generation from Wind Corridors of Pakistan (Two Provinces): A Technical Proposal for Remote Zones

Techno‐economic analysis of power generation from a potential wind corridor of pakistan: An overview

Impact of Wind Speed Measurement Resolution on Estimated Capacity Factor and Electricity Production Cost

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