Wind energy in the Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia

• Published in: Renewable & sustainable energy reviews Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 1303 - 1311
• Main Authors: Dahmouni, A.W., Salah, M. Ben, Askri, F., Kerkeni, C., Nasrallah, S. Ben
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2010; Elsevier
• Series: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Economic data; Energy; Energy economics; Exact sciences and technology; Extrapolation; General, economic and professional studies; Gulfs; Mean wind speed; Mean wind speed Weibull distribution Wind power potential Wind rose Turbulence intensity Wind turbine; Natural energy; Parks; Statistics; Turbulence intensity; Weibull distribution; Wind direction; Wind energy; Wind power generation; Wind power potential; Wind rose; Wind speed; Wind turbine; Wind turbines; Tunisia; Africa; MED, Tunisia; Wind rose; Mean wind speed; Wind power potential; Turbulence intensity; Weibull distribution; Wind turbine; Wind velocity; Wind generator; Experimental study; Modeling; Case study; Wind energy; Electricity; Simulation; Production capacity; Electric power production
• ISSN: 1364-0321; 1879-0690
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2009.12.012

This paper presents a study of wind resource in the Gulf of Tunis. During 2008, an experimental measurement of wind speed and wind direction at 20 m and 30 m, were conducted using a 10-min time step. The statistic treatment of results permitted us to evaluate the most characteristics of wind energy in the studied site. An extrapolation of wind speed is, also, carried out using the deduced power law exponent. The annual production of the wind turbine Enercon E82 is estimated at a height of 100 m above ground level. The obtained results can be used to perform wind park project and confirm that the Gulf of Tunis has promising wind energy potential.