INVESTIGATION OF WIND POWER POTENTIAL AT BOZCAADA, TURKEY

Thirteen years of wind data from Bozcaada Meteo-station have been used to evaluate the potential of wind power on Bozcaada Island, in the No rth-eastern part of the Aegean Sea. Investigations show that Bozcaada has a considerable wind potential (average wind speed M = 6.4 ms(-1) a nd a mean energy density E = 324 W/m(-2) at the location of the meteo- station, at 10 m above ground level which could cover its yearly elect ricity demand by utilizing only one 250 kW wind turbine. The wind atla s analysis and application program, WAsP, has been used to evaluate th e wind atlas statistics and energy densities of Bozcaada. The yearly p ower production of the 250 kW wind turbine, assumed to be installed ha s been calculated. Then an environmental and techno-economic analysis of wind power has been carried out.