Frontiers in Energy
>> 2012,
Volume 6,
Issue 3
doi:
10.1007/s11708-012-0201-2
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Evaluation of the wind energy potential of two south west sites in Nigeria
Aeromechanics- Fan Blades, Cold Section Engineering (CSE), United Technologies Corporation (UTC)-Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, CT, 06108, USA
Available online: 2012-09-05
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Wind resource assessment is a crucial first step in gauging the potential of a site to produce energy from wind turbines. In this paper, the wind energy potential of Abeokuta (07°03'N, 03°19'E) and Ijebu-Ode (06°47'N, 03°58'E), two south west sites in Nigeria were examined. Twenty years (1990–2010) of monthly mean wind data from a 10 m height were subjected to two-parameter Weibull analysis and other statistical analyses. The results show that the average annual mean wind speed variation for Abeokuta ranges from 2.2 to 5.0 m/s. For Ijebu-Ode, it ranges from 2.0 to 5.0 m/s. The wind power density variation based on the Weibull analysis ranges from 4.26 to 24.51 W/m for Abeokuta and from 8.54 to 76.46 W/m for Ijebu-Ode. Ijebu-Ode was found to be the better of the two sites in terms of annual variation of mean wind speed.
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