Potential of Wind Speed for Wind Power Generation In Perlis, Northern Malaysia

Abstract

Abstrak Makalah ini menyajikan analisa karakteristik-karakteristik kecepatan angin di Keywords: weibull distribution function, wind power generation, wind speed IntroductionRenewable energy has an increasing role in achieving the goals of sustainable development, energy security and environmental protection. Nowadays, it has been recognized as one of the most promising clean energy over the world because of its falling cost, while other renewable energy technologies are becoming more expensiveWind energy is one of renewable energy which produced by continuously blowing wind and can be captured using wind turbines that convert kinetic energy from wind into mechanical energy and then into electrical energy [3]. Today, wind energy is widely used to produce electricity in many countries such as Denmark, Spain, Germany, United States, and India [4].A lot of researchers have been studying the wind speed characteristics and its potential as a wind power generation in many countries worlwide. Six kinds of numerical methods for estimating Weibull parameters were reviewed by [5]; i.e. the moment, empirical, graphical, maximum likelihood, modified maximum likelihood, and energy pattern factor method. The result showed that the maximum likelihood modified maximum likelihood and moment methods present relatively more excellent ability throughout the simulation test. From analysis of actual data, it is found that if wind speed distribution matches well with Weibull function, the six methods are applicable, but if not, the maximum likelihood method performs best followed by the modified maximum likelihood and moment methods, based on double checks including

Simple HAWT Prototype Efficiency at Small Scale Wind Speed

“…This result is the same result as the study by [1] that little wind resource gives only 10% of the total output voltage of WTG. Therefore, it is needed to increase the efficiency by developing a special wind turbines which is simple, effective and low-cost wind turbine [13].…”

“…Many researchers have been studying the wind speed characteristics and its potential as a wind turbine generation (WTG) in many countries worldwide [1]. Indonesia which is an archipelagous country has potential wind for developing wind turbine generation (WTG).…”

Analisa Potensi Energi Angin dengan Distribusi Weibull Untuk Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Bayu (PLTB) Banda Aceh

“…Energi terbarukan meliputi energi air, panas bumi, matahari, angin, biogas, bio mass serta gelombang laut. Salah satu energi terbarukan yang sedang berkembang pesat saat ini ialah energi angin selain fleksibel, energi angin juga sering dimanfaat untuk bidang pertanian, perikanan dan bahkan bisa untuk pembangkitan energi listrik [1][2].…”

A Study of Vertical Wind Turbine for Application in Low Wind Speed Condition in UiTM Terengganu, Malaysia

“…However, most of the data collected only considered a very limited area of the location of the wind sensor station [3]. For a new proposed wind turbine location situated kilometers away from the wind gauge station, the assumption of the actual data contributes to measurement error [4].…”