Appraising the Viability of Wind Energy Conversion System in the Peninsular Malaysia

To harvest the wind energy resource for power production, it is crucially important to carry out a preliminary study to understand the site-specific nature of wind at the intended site. Such knowledge is required to estimate the performance of a wind energy project in the area. This study investigat...

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Main Authors:	Mudathir Funsho, Akorede, Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid, Mohd Herwan, Sulaiman, Norainon, Mohamed, Suliana, Ab Ghani
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Published:	Elsevier 2013
Subjects:	TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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spelling	ump-63482018-02-05T02:55:09Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6348/ Appraising the Viability of Wind Energy Conversion System in the Peninsular Malaysia Mudathir Funsho, Akorede Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid Mohd Herwan, Sulaiman Norainon, Mohamed Suliana, Ab Ghani TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering To harvest the wind energy resource for power production, it is crucially important to carry out a preliminary study to understand the site-specific nature of wind at the intended site. Such knowledge is required to estimate the performance of a wind energy project in the area. This study investigates the wind energy potential for production of electric power in the Peninsular Malaysia. Wind speed data of six selected sites across the country collected over a period of 10–20 years are employed for the study. A statistical analysis of the wind speeds is carried out using the Weibull distribution model. Six identified commercially available wind turbines with rated capacity ranging from 20 kW to 1500 kW, with different speed parameters are simulated at the selected locations. Of the six sites evaluated in this paper, it is revealed that Mersing, having the highest monthly average wind speed and consequently the most viable, produces an average power density of 57.58 W/m2 with a capacity factor of only 4.39%. This is equivalent to 378 MW h energy production per annum at a levelised cost of 22 cents per kW h. This study also shows that the standard deviation of the average monthly wind speeds is a better factor than the average annual wind speed for ranking of selected sites in terms of annual energy production. Overall, the results obtained from this investigation show that large-scale wind energy is not viable in Malaysia due to weak wind regimes; however, small-scale wind energy system may be economically viable in a few regions most especially when the recently launched feed-in tariff in the country is extended to wind energy. Elsevier 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6348/1/Appraising_the_viability_of_wind_energy_conversion_system_in_the_Peninsular_Malaysia.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6348/4/3.pdf Mudathir Funsho, Akorede and Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid and Mohd Herwan, Sulaiman and Norainon, Mohamed and Suliana, Ab Ghani (2013) Appraising the Viability of Wind Energy Conversion System in the Peninsular Malaysia. Energy Conversion and Management, 76. pp. 801-810. ISSN 0196-8904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2013.08.018 DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.08.018
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spellingShingle	TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Mudathir Funsho, Akorede Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid Mohd Herwan, Sulaiman Norainon, Mohamed Suliana, Ab Ghani Appraising the Viability of Wind Energy Conversion System in the Peninsular Malaysia
description	To harvest the wind energy resource for power production, it is crucially important to carry out a preliminary study to understand the site-specific nature of wind at the intended site. Such knowledge is required to estimate the performance of a wind energy project in the area. This study investigates the wind energy potential for production of electric power in the Peninsular Malaysia. Wind speed data of six selected sites across the country collected over a period of 10–20 years are employed for the study. A statistical analysis of the wind speeds is carried out using the Weibull distribution model. Six identified commercially available wind turbines with rated capacity ranging from 20 kW to 1500 kW, with different speed parameters are simulated at the selected locations. Of the six sites evaluated in this paper, it is revealed that Mersing, having the highest monthly average wind speed and consequently the most viable, produces an average power density of 57.58 W/m2 with a capacity factor of only 4.39%. This is equivalent to 378 MW h energy production per annum at a levelised cost of 22 cents per kW h. This study also shows that the standard deviation of the average monthly wind speeds is a better factor than the average annual wind speed for ranking of selected sites in terms of annual energy production. Overall, the results obtained from this investigation show that large-scale wind energy is not viable in Malaysia due to weak wind regimes; however, small-scale wind energy system may be economically viable in a few regions most especially when the recently launched feed-in tariff in the country is extended to wind energy.
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author	Mudathir Funsho, Akorede Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid Mohd Herwan, Sulaiman Norainon, Mohamed Suliana, Ab Ghani
author_facet	Mudathir Funsho, Akorede Muhammad Ikram, Mohd Rashid Mohd Herwan, Sulaiman Norainon, Mohamed Suliana, Ab Ghani
author_sort	Mudathir Funsho, Akorede
title	Appraising the Viability of Wind Energy Conversion System in the Peninsular Malaysia
title_short	Appraising the Viability of Wind Energy Conversion System in the Peninsular Malaysia
title_full	Appraising the Viability of Wind Energy Conversion System in the Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr	Appraising the Viability of Wind Energy Conversion System in the Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Appraising the Viability of Wind Energy Conversion System in the Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort	appraising the viability of wind energy conversion system in the peninsular malaysia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2013
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