Caribbean and Central America wind energy assessment
A wind energy resource assessment of the Caribbean and Central America, based on available data and using innovative assessment techniques developed for this region, has identified many areas with good to outstanding wind resource potential. This paper provides an overview of the Caribbean an Central America wind resource assessment and the data and techniques used in producing the assessment. Wind resource maps were developed for 35 island/country areas throughout the Caribbean and Central America. These maps highlight the locations of major resource areas and provide not only estimates of the wind energy resource potential for well-exposed sites in these areas at also information on the frequency distribution of the wind speeds (expressed as estimates of the Weibull shape factor, k) and seasonal variations in the wind resource. The average energy in the wind flowing in the layer near the ground is expressed as a wind power class: the greater the average wind energy, the higher the wind power class. A diagram was developed for easily relating the wind power classes and Weibull k values to values of mean wind power density and mean wind speed.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 5719949
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-15102; CONF-871062-11; ON: DE88005134
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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