Assessing the wind energy potential locations in province of Qazvin in Iran

In this study, the ten minutes period measured wind speed data for years 2009-2010 at 10 m, 30 m and 40 m heights for one of the provinces of Iran, Qazvin have been statistically analyzed to determine the potential of wind power generation. This paper presents the wind energy potential at three stations in the province Papoli, Jarandagh and Nikoei. Extrapolation of the 10 m data, using the Power Law, has been used to determine the wind data at heights of 30 m and 40 m. From the primary evaluation and determining mean wind speed and also weibull distribution, it is found that Jarandagh has better potential for using wind energy in the province. Also with evaluation the annual wind average power for Jarandagh station at heights of 10, 30 and 40 meters can be seen 40 and 30 meters heights for installing wind turbines are suitable. The objective is to evaluate the most important characteristic of wind energy in the studied site. The statistical attitudes permit us to estimate the mean wind speed and the wind rose in the site at the height of 10m, 30 m and 40 m.

Keywords:

wind energy , potential , Qazvin , weibull distribution , power density , wind turbine