Wind Energy Potential of Gaza Using Small Wind Turbines: A Feasibility Study

Elnaggar, Mohamed; Edwan, Ezzaldeen; Ritter, Matthias

doi:10.3390/en10081229

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“…Unfortunately, the potential of wind in Gaza is considered not enough to generate energy [16]. However, Elnaggar confirmed, depending on the data for a typical meteorological year from 1991 to 2010, that the average monthly speed in Gaza at 10 m high, mostly exceeds 4 m/s, except for October and November [29]. This result is very close to Badawi's result [39].…”

Section: Monthsmentioning

confidence: 51%

“…Based on a UN report, in Gaza Strip the demand for energy was about 450 megawatts in 2017, while 120-142 megawatts were only supplied. That means; the deficit amount in Gaza Strip reached about 68% [29]. Moreover, about 24% of the electrical power is lost somewhere between the source and final destinations.…”

Section: Energy Status In Palestinementioning

confidence: 98%

“…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]. Figure 10.…”

Section: Monthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The expected annual energy output in Gaza from a small wind turbine of 5 kW at a height of 10 m amounts to 2695 kWh. The power generated by these turbines can be risen by increasing the height of the turbines [29].…”

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confidence: 99%

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An Overview of Wind Energy Potentials in Palestine

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2019

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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: Monthsmentioning

confidence: 51%

Section: Energy Status In Palestinementioning

confidence: 98%

“…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]. Figure 10.…”

Section: Monthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Monthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…From this perspective, more and more international treaties impose prompt global warming actions to reduce the output of carbon dioxide to limit the levels of pollution. Thus, it is desired that the gap between the renewable resource extraction and the conventional methods be dramatically reduced [2][3][4][5][6], and therefore, many studies and coastal engineering applications have been focused on the energy potential 2 of 21 of the offshore and nearshore marine environments [7][8][9][10][11]. Economically speaking, the marine areas have a significant role in the global financial mechanism.…”

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An Evaluation of the Wind and Wave Dynamics along the European Coasts

Ganea

Mereuţă

Rusu

2019

JMSE

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The objective of this work is to analyze the wind and wave conditions along the coasts of the European seas. The emphasis is put on the mean and maximum values. The areas studied are characterized by intense maritime activities, including traffic, as well as various harbor and offshore operations. In the present study, 35 years of data coming from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) were processed, corresponding to 40 different geographical locations. Thus, these 40 reference points are defined for some of the most relevant offshore locations in the coastal environments targeted. As regards the data considered in the analysis, two different sets were used. The first corresponds to the wave model, while the second to the atmospheric model, both operated by ECMWF. Finally, it can be concluded that the proposed work provides a global perspective related to the average and maximum wind and wave conditions and to a further extent on the climate dynamics along the coasts of the European seas.

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Standalone hybrid PV/wind/diesel‐electric generator system for a COVID‐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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Wind Energy Potential of Gaza Using Small Wind Turbines: A Feasibility Study

Cited by 37 publications

References 13 publications

An Overview of Wind Energy Potentials in Palestine

An Overview of Wind Energy Potentials in Palestine

An Evaluation of the Wind and Wave Dynamics along the European Coasts

Standalone hybrid PV/wind/diesel‐electric generator system for a COVID‐19 quarantine center

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