Wind resource assessment in Hormozgan province in Iran

Abstract

In this study, statistical analysing is performed of wind data measured over a 10 min period based on the Weibull distribution function during one year at three heights carried out to determine the potential of wind in two locations in the Hormozgan province. According to the results, wind speed at 40 m height in Kish city ranged from 4.47 m/s in October to 6.69 m/s in March with average value of 5.32 m/s. However, for Jask city wind speed ranged from 3.4 m/s in January to 5.16 m/s in June with average value of 4.22 m/s. According to world classification of wind power, the wind power density is in class 2 for Kish site while for Jask site it is in class 1. Energy production of different wind turbines at different heights is determined. At the end, an economic evaluation was carried out to determine whether studied sites are suitable for development of small-scale wind turbines.

Keywords:

• Kish
• Jask
• Iran
• Weibull
• wind resource assessment
• wind turbine

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the following people:

• (1) It is worth mentioning that the publication of this article was not possible without the help and use of Windographer software. Thus, the author specifically would like to thank the makers of Windographer software (Mr. Tom Lambert, Ms. Linda Sloka and any other person working in Mistaya and Windographer Companies).

• (2) The author would like to thank the Reviewers and Editors of International Journal of Sustainable Energy for their helpful comments. The author is grateful to Prof. Agis Papadopoulos (the editor-in-chief of the Journal) for considering this paper for publication.

• (3) The author is grateful to Renewable energy organization of Iran (SUNA) for providing wind data for this study.