Assessment of Wind Energy Potential In Zwara, Libya

Alhassan   Teyabeen; Fathi   Akkari; Ali  Jwaid; Ashraf  Zaghwan; Rehab  Abodelah

doi:10.51646/jsesd.v8i2.28

Authors

Alhassan A. Teyabeen Center for Solar Energy Research and Studies, Tripoli, Libya
Fathi R. Akkari Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
Ali E. Jwaid Cyber Technology Institute (CTI), Softare Technology Research Laboratory (STRL), Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media (CEM), De Montfort University, UK
Ashraf Zaghwan Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation & Innovation Centre, Th University of Adelaide, Australia
Rehab Abodelah Electrical Engineering (Power Systems), Tobruk University, Libya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51646/jsesd.v8i2.28

Keywords:

Weibull distribution, most probable wind speed, wind rose, hub height, capacity factor, wind power classifiation, mean net energy output

Abstract

To assess the wind energy potential at any site, the wind power density should be estimated; it evaluates the wind resource and indicates the amount of available wind energy. The purpose of this study is to estimate the monthly and annual wind power density based on the Weibull distribution using wind speed data collected in Zwara, Libya during 2007. The wind date are measured at the three hub heights of 10m, 30m, and 50m above ground level, and recorded every 10 minutes. The analysis showed that the annual average wind speed are 4.51, 5.86, 6.26 m/s for the respective mentioned heights. The average annual wind power densities at the mentioned heights were 113.71, 204.19, 243.48 , respectively.

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