Wind Energy Resource Assessment at Tindouf Region, Extreme Southwest of Algeria

Abstract:

In this paper, with the help of two-parameter Weibull distribution, the monthly, seasonal and annual assessment of wind energy potentiality was made using the wind speed data collected in the last decade, from 2001 to 2010 for the meteorological station of Tindouf region. The vertical extrapolation of Weibull parameters and mean wind speed at a height of 50m and the analysis of temporal energy efficiency using a wind turbine of 600kW rated power from Fuhrländer manufacturer was made. The results show that Tindouf situated in extreme Algerian southwest, in the natural region of the Sahara, on the border with Morocco (west), the non-autonomous territory of Western Sahara (south-west) and Mauritania (south), is one of windiest region in the country, swept by local winds with a good annual mean wind speed =5.67m/s and an annual mean wind power density equal to 200W/m² at 10m, while the highest monthly wind energy produced may be reached in May, the seasonal in Spring and the annual gross electric energy produced is equal to 1.85GWh/year.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 541-542)
• Pages: 972-976
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.541-542.972
• Online since: March 2014
• Authors: Sidi Mohammed Boudia*, Abdelhalim Benmansour, Mohamed Abdellatif Tabet Hellal
• Keywords: Algerian Sahara, Assessment, Tindouf, Weibull Parameters, Wind Extractable Energy, Wind Resource

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