A Study of Wind Energy Potential for Electricity in Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand
Keywords:
Wind Speed, Weibull Distribution, Wind Turbine, Nakhon Phanom provinceAbstract
This research aims to study the wind energy potential in Nakhon Phanom province of Thailand for 1-year from April 2019 to Mar 2020. The direction and speed of the wind were obtained at 60 and 90 m height above ground level, ground level is 163 m above sea level. Using Weibull distribution function to analyze data yearly, monthly, and hourly period and wind rose, wind power. The annual energy production (AEP) and capacity factor of the wind turbine generator size of 0.85 MW, 2.0 MW 3.3 MW and 4.5 MW were analyzed using WAsP 10.0; the results shown that generator size 3.3 MW had the highest capacity factor of 26.83% estimating to give 7,756 MWh/year.
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