Wind energy potential of Gaza using small wind turbines: A feasibility study
2017 (English)In: Energies, E-ISSN 1996-1073, Vol. 10, no 8, article id 1229
Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In this paper, we conduct a feasibility study of the wind energy potential in Gaza, which suffers from a severe shortage of energy supplies. Our calculated energy harvested from the wind is based on data for a typical meteorological year, which are fed into a small wind turbine of 5 kW power rating installable on the roof of residential buildings. The expected annual energy output at a height of 10 m amounts to 2695 kWh, but it can be increased by 35-125% at higher altitudes between 20 m and 70 m. The results also depict the great potential of wind energy to complement other renewable resources such as solar energy: The harvested energy of a wind system constitutes to up to 84% of the annual output of an equivalent power rating photovoltaic system and even outperforms the solar energy in the winter months. We also show that one wind turbine and one comparable photovoltaic system together could provide enough energy for 3.7 households. Hence, a combination of wind and solar energy could stabilize the decentralized energy production in Gaza. This is very important in a region where people seek to reach energy self-sufficient buildings due to the severe electricity shortage in the local grid.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI, 2017. Vol. 10, no 8, article id 1229
Keywords [en]
Gaza, Palestine, Renewable energy, Small wind turbine, Wind energy, Photovoltaic cells, Planning, Rating, Solar energy, Solar power generation, Wind power, Photovoltaic systems, Renewable energies, Residential building, Self sufficient buildings, Typical meteorological year, Wind turbines
National Category
Economics Energy Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-54520DOI: 10.3390/en10081229ISI: 000408722400029Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85044448019OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-54520DiVA, id: diva2:1614418
2021-11-252021-11-252023-08-28Bibliographically approved