Western Australian wind atlas

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Sunworld; (USA)

OSTI ID:5684293

Dear, S

Wind energy developments in Australia have been seriously hampered by a lack of knowledge of the available hub height wind resource. This situation has been only partially redressed by wind monitoring studies since these provide site specific wind data, usually at heights significantly below turbine height. Such measurements, when used in conjunction with simple data extrapolation methods such as the one-seventh power law, can seriously underestimate wind speeds at hub height, particularly at inland sites. To overcome these limitations, a numerical model developed for the extrapolation of site specific wind data, the WA{sup s}P model, has been developed by the Riso National Laboratory, Denmark and has recently been used to produce the European Wind Atlas. This article describes the Western Australian Wind Atlas project which aims to increase the understanding of the state's wind energy resource, as well as provide a tool for estimating the hub height wind resource at proposed wind energy sites.

• OSTI ID: 5684293
• Journal Information: Sunworld; (USA), Vol. 14:2; ISSN 0149-1938
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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17 WIND ENERGY
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WIND
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
FLOW MODELS
HEIGHT
MANUALS
MAPS
VELOCITY
WIND TURBINES
AUSTRALASIA
AUSTRALIA
DIMENSIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
MACHINERY
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
170100* - Wind Energy- Resources & Availability (Climatology)