A Parametric Approach to Compare the Wind Potential of Sanghar and Gwadar Wind Sites

Wind is one of the world’s most rapidly expanding and environmentally friendly renewable energy sources (RES). The aim of this study is to analyze the wind potential availability in Sanghar and Gwadar cities through the wind characteristics’ analysis. To analyze the wind potential at the both sites,...

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Published inIEEE access Vol. 10; pp. 110889 - 110904
Main Authors Abbas, Ghulam, Ali, Baqir, Chandni, Kiran, Koondhar, Mohsin Ali, Chandio, Saadullah, Mirsaeidi, Sohrab
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Piscataway The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) 2022
IEEE
Subjects
Economic analysis
Installation costs
Maximum power
Parametric statistics
renewable energy
Renewable energy sources
Seasonal variations
Weibull distribution
Wind
Wind speed
Wind turbines
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Summary:Wind is one of the world’s most rapidly expanding and environmentally friendly renewable energy sources (RES). The aim of this study is to analyze the wind potential availability in Sanghar and Gwadar cities through the wind characteristics’ analysis. To analyze the wind potential at the both sites, one-year average wind speed data (including annual, monthly, day-night, and seasonal variations) for 2020 were used. A Weibull distribution parametric approach with five different technique was applied. Along with an analysis of the wind potential, an economic assessment was also out to estimate the installation cost, turbine-cost, capacity factor of ten different wind turbines with different rated power were used at the selected sites. The results show that at the Sanghar site, the maximum power of 1612.82 kW was generated by Vestas V126/3300 whereas the minimum power 383.44 kW was generated by Nordex n60/1300. At the Gwadar site, Vestas V126/3300 generated the maximum power of 745.10 kW and least power of 157.98 kW was generated by Nordex n60/1300. With respect to an economic assessment, Vestas V126/3300 and Suzlon S66/1250 had the highest and lowest installation cost of turbines respectively at both sites. At the Sanghar site, the lowest value i.e., 0.0422 kWh/[Formula Omitted], 0.0893 kWh/[Formula Omitted] and the highest values 0.081 kWh/[Formula Omitted], 0.2028 kWh/[Formula Omitted] were shown by Goldwind GW121/2500 and Nordex n80/2500 at the Gwadar and Sanghar sites respectively.
ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3215261