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Title: Wind Resource Assessment of Gujarat (India)

Abstract

India is one of the largest wind energy markets in the world. In 1986 Gujarat was the first Indian state to install a wind power project. In February 2013, the installed wind capacity in Gujarat was 3,093 MW. Due to the uncertainty around existing wind energy assessments in India, this analysis uses the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to simulate the wind at current hub heights for one year to provide more precise estimates of wind resources in Gujarat. The WRF model allows for accurate simulations of winds near the surface and at heights important for wind energy purposes. While previous resource assessments published wind power density, we focus on average wind speeds, which can be converted to wind power densities by the user with methods of their choice. The wind resource estimates in this study show regions with average annual wind speeds of more than 8 m/s.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1149654
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-5000-61741
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; WIND RESOURCE; GUJARAT; WRF; Wind Energy

Citation Formats

Draxl, C., Purkayastha, A., and Parker, Z. Wind Resource Assessment of Gujarat (India). United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.2172/1149654.
Draxl, C., Purkayastha, A., & Parker, Z. Wind Resource Assessment of Gujarat (India). United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1149654
Draxl, C., Purkayastha, A., and Parker, Z. 2014. "Wind Resource Assessment of Gujarat (India)". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1149654. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1149654.
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title = {Wind Resource Assessment of Gujarat (India)},
author = {Draxl, C. and Purkayastha, A. and Parker, Z.},
abstractNote = {India is one of the largest wind energy markets in the world. In 1986 Gujarat was the first Indian state to install a wind power project. In February 2013, the installed wind capacity in Gujarat was 3,093 MW. Due to the uncertainty around existing wind energy assessments in India, this analysis uses the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to simulate the wind at current hub heights for one year to provide more precise estimates of wind resources in Gujarat. The WRF model allows for accurate simulations of winds near the surface and at heights important for wind energy purposes. While previous resource assessments published wind power density, we focus on average wind speeds, which can be converted to wind power densities by the user with methods of their choice. The wind resource estimates in this study show regions with average annual wind speeds of more than 8 m/s.},
doi = {10.2172/1149654},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
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