WIND POWER ASSESSMENT IN URUGUAY

Authors
Citation
J. Cataldo et V. Nunes, WIND POWER ASSESSMENT IN URUGUAY, Renewable energy, 9(1-4), 1996, pp. 794-797
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels
Journal title
ISSN journal
09601481
Volume
9
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
794 - 797
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-1481(1996)9:1-4<794:WPAIU>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The wind power as a large alternative energy source appear in Uruguay. A nested method to obtain the mean wind velocity time series at compl ex terrain sites and describe the turbulence was developed. Sites with mean velocity over 9m/s and capcity factor over 40% were found. The a erodynamic interferences loss between wind generators using a numerica l model were evaluated- and a numerical model wa; developed to design an optimal cluster wind farm. As bulk result, an installed capacity of 300MW with a cost production less than 0.065U$S/kW.h can be estimated over the all studied Region.