SIMULATING THE ELECTRIC YIELD OF WIND FARMS – A SHORT INTRODUCTION INTO HOW TO DEVELOPE WIND PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY AN EXCEL BASED PROGRAM CODE
Abstract
Amongst the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) contributing to the worldwide electricity production, wind energy became very important. Germany and Turkey own significant wind potentials. 2% of a country’s area can be used for wind farms, thus Germany could produce up to 200 TWhel yearly just onshore. However, often legal and especially financial aspects decide about the speed of development. Careful project preparation guaranteed by professional management is obligatory. Beside rights to the property and electric grid connection the suffiency of the wind and peripheral conditions need to be known. A proper wind forecast and yield prognosis are important items. To solve these tasks, professional but often expensive programs are sold on the market. To offer a convinient alternative, authors will present a software based on Excel named WindCalc 1.5 which is still under development.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
June 8, 2016
Submission Date
October 22, 2015
Acceptance Date
December 24, 2015
Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 2 Number: 1