Techno-economic analysis and wind resource assessment for Odisha, India using reanalysis and 80 m mast measurements: a preliminary assessment for policy-makers

Abstract

In this work, the relationship between various wind turbine parameters is investigated utilising wind resource data measured at an 80 m measurement mast. Turbine Performance Index (TPI), wind turbulence and direction are investigated to ensure favourable conditions for turbine installation. Economic analysis is performed with reference to the latest Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) registered projects. The life cycle cost and cost of generation for a prospective wind farm are 2691 million INR and 2.97 INR/kWh, respectively. Finally, using five years of NASA MERRA-2 reanalysis data for twelve locations, Weibull parameters and wind power density (WPD) at 50, 80, 120 and 150 m heights are obtained. The installed capacity is 264 MW for selected locations. Energy capture and emission reduction estimates are also computed for all the locations where the highest values of 122 million kWh and 100057 tonnes of CO₂ are obtained for Paradeep.

KEYWORDS:

• Mast measurements
• turbine performance index
• turbulence intensity
• cost of generation
• wind power density

Acknowledgements

The measured data used in this work are purchased using funding from the Collaborative Research and Innovation Scheme of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (Ref. No. VSSUT/TEQIP/34/2020).

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability

The mast measured data used in this work are due to the National Institute of Wind Energy, Govt. of India and are purchased under institutional use terms. The DOI for the NASA MERRA-2 dataset M2T1NXSLV is 10.5067/VJAFPLI1CSIV.