A Survey on the Assessment of Wind Energy Potential in Gaza Strip

Alaydi, Juma Yousuf

doi:10.1260/0309-524x.34.5.531

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“…Electricity is not always available to many Palestinians, especially in Gaza Strip. According to a research performed by Oxfam in April 2010, it showed that houses across Gaza Strip were without power for about 35-60 hours per week [27,28]. According to PCBS 2013 data, 99.8 % households in West Bank have a 24-hour access to power, and the daily power service for 97.2 % of households in Gaza Strip is barely 16 hours [12].…”

Section: Energy Status In Palestinementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This result corresponds to the results Elnaggar was found. Alaydi concluded that the annual highest attainable wind power potential per unit area of the wind stream is about 0.5 MWhr/m 2 /year [27,28,39]. [29].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Figure 11. Monthly distribution of solar, wind, and hybrid power in Gaza city at 50 m height (hybrid systems consisting of 3 kW WECS and 25 m 2 of photovoltaic solar) [27]. Figure 12.…”

Section: Monthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, wind energy that is harvested could compensate for the weakness in the harvested photovoltaic energy in the winter months and vice versa. PV/Wind hybrid system is the key solution to reduce their individual fluctuations, and raise the overall energy output [27,40]. Moreover, using a hybrid system can lower the cost of energy generation, thus solving the problem of high cost of RE projects in Palestine [40,41,42].…”

Section: Hybrid Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Overview of Wind Energy Potentials in Palestine

Albisher¹,

Alsamamra²

2019

JENR

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This study represents an overview on the possibility of using wind energy to fulfill the increasing demand on energy and the lack of supplied energy in the Palestinian territories, by analyzing and discussing former studies in this field. All previous studies mainly depended on historical data, and data from automated meteorological stations for some of the main cities in Palestine. However, the previous researches depended on data collected between 1991 -2013, and used Weibull distribution function to analysing it. Moreover, all these studies agree about the possibility of exploiting wind energy, especially in high areas in Hebron in West Bank and Gaza city in Gaza Strip, to solve both the crisis of shortage electricity and the increase demand on energy. The highest wind energy is in Hebron, and the average month wind speed is between 3 m/s -7.5 m/s, and the lowest wind energy is in Jericho, and the wind speed there is less than 2.5 m/s in most time. Some studies pointed that wind energy potential can be more efficient by using the hybrid PV / Wind system. At the same time, it can minimize the cost of generated energy from using each system independently. However, there are many obstacles of using wind energy to generate electricity in Palestine.

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Section: Energy Status In Palestinementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Monthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Figure 11. Monthly distribution of solar, wind, and hybrid power in Gaza city at 50 m height (hybrid systems consisting of 3 kW WECS and 25 m 2 of photovoltaic solar) [27]. Figure 12.…”

Section: Monthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Hybrid Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Overview of Wind Energy Potentials in Palestine

Albisher¹,

Alsamamra²

2019

JENR

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“…Alaydi presented a parametric study of solar and wind energy in the Gaza Strip in which wind power was compared with solar irradiance. Results showed that a large stand‐alone PV or wind energy converter will be needed to supply the peak demand in the months from June to September 26 …”

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Standalone hybridPV/wind/diesel‐electric generator system for aCOVID‐19 quarantine center

El‐Khozondar

El-batta²,

El‐Khozondar

et al. 2022

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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This work is motivated by the need in overcoming the electricity crisis in Gaza, which is initiated due to political reasons and the spread of COVID‐19. Building quarantine centers is one of the most important means used in combating the COVID‐19, but connecting these centers to the electricity distribution network at the appropriate time is not always possible and increases the burden on the local utility company. This article proposed a hybrid off‐grid energy system (HES) to effectively energize the quarantine COVID‐19 center in Gaza economically and environmentally. To achieve this aim, the estimated load profile of the quarantine center is fed to the HOMER‐Pro program. In addition, the various systems components are introduced to the program, then modeled, and optimized. The developed approach was tested using a real case study considering realistic input data. HOMER‐Pro program is used to simulate and optimize the system design. The results revealed the potential of the HES to provide environment‐friendly, cost‐effective, and affordable electricity for the studied quarantine center, as compared to just the diesel generators system. For the considered case study, it is found that the PV‐wind‐diesel generators HES can cover the connected load with the lowest cost ($ 0.348/kWh) in comparison to other possible HES structures. Taking into consideration the price of harmful emissions, the wining system shows a reduction of 54.89% of the cost of energy (CoE) compared to other systems. For the considered case study, it is found that a combination of 150 kW PV, 200 kW wind, and two diesel generators with capacities of 500 and 250 kW can hold 100% of the electrical load required to keep the quarantine COVID‐19 center in operation. The initial capital cost of this HES is $510,576 where the share of wind energy, solar PV, inverter, and diesel‐electric generators are $320,000, $83,076, $25,000, and $82,500, respectively. The replacemen cost ($55,918) is due to diesel generators. The total operation and maintainance cost (O&M) is $268,737, that is, 25.6% for wind turbines, 1.2% for inverters, and 70.7% for diesel electric generators. The PV/wind/diesel generators HES generate 1,659,038 kWh of electricity. The total energy requirement of 1,442,553 kWh, which means a surplus of 212,553 kWh of energy/year. The total energy (kWh) is an integration of energy sources which are 427,276 (25.8%), 274,500 (16.5%), and 857,263 (57.7%), due to wind, solar and diesel generators respectively. The cost of yearly consumed fuel is $437,828.769. The payback period for the winning system is 1.8 years. Finally, it is proved that the developed approach gives a reasonable solution to the decision‐makers to find a fast, economic and reliable solution to energize the quarantine centers.

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Investigation on available wind energy at Tungku beach

Yazdani

Salam

2012

Front. Energy

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A Survey on the Assessment of Wind Energy Potential in Gaza Strip

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

An Overview of Wind Energy Potentials in Palestine

An Overview of Wind Energy Potentials in Palestine

Standalone hybridPV/wind/diesel‐electric generator system for aCOVID‐19 quarantine center

Investigation on available wind energy at Tungku beach

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