Regional Wind Energy Resource Assessment

Abstract

In this study, using the Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program (WAsP) software the wind statistics and energy calculations are performed for Eskisehir region. Suitable sites to locate wind turbines optimally are selected according to the created wind power and wind speed maps. Eighteen different wind turbines with nominal powers between 200 and 2,000 kW are established for annual energy production calculations and the best-fitted three types of turbines of which capacity factors are bigger than 30% are used for the micrositting. Wind farms with a total of 20 wind turbines each are built in three different suitable locations by using each selected type of wind turbines. Furthermore, the energy productions of the wind farms are calculated.