An assessment of wind energy potential of the Amatole district in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
South Africa is heavily depended on fossil fuels for its energy needs and is the highest emitter of greenhouse gasses in Africa and 18th in the world. It is therefore imperative to shift to renewable energy sources for power production to mitigate the carbon emissions. The purpose of this paper is...
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| author | Masukume, Peace-maker Makaka, Golden Tinarwo, David |
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| description | South Africa is heavily depended on fossil fuels for its energy needs and is the
highest emitter of greenhouse gasses in Africa and 18th in the world. It is therefore imperative to shift to renewable energy sources for power production to mitigate the carbon emissions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate wind energy potential in the Amatole District in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The Weibull density function was used to estimate the wind energy potential in this location. The Weibull parameters, k(shape parameter) and
c(scale parameter) varied from 1.651 to 2.026 and 3.093 to 4.310 respectively. The study shows that the area has moderate wind energy potential for decentralized wind energy systems, exploitable at 10m or more for low speed wind turbines. It therefore follows that it is not suitable for large scale wind energy production. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-45972022-06-27T13:49:05Z An assessment of wind energy potential of the Amatole district in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa Masukume, Peace-maker Makaka, Golden Tinarwo, David Fossil fuels Greenhouse gasses Africa South Africa is heavily depended on fossil fuels for its energy needs and is the highest emitter of greenhouse gasses in Africa and 18th in the world. It is therefore imperative to shift to renewable energy sources for power production to mitigate the carbon emissions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate wind energy potential in the Amatole District in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The Weibull density function was used to estimate the wind energy potential in this location. The Weibull parameters, k(shape parameter) and c(scale parameter) varied from 1.651 to 2.026 and 3.093 to 4.310 respectively. The study shows that the area has moderate wind energy potential for decentralized wind energy systems, exploitable at 10m or more for low speed wind turbines. It therefore follows that it is not suitable for large scale wind energy production. 2021-11-25T09:47:02Z 2021-11-25T09:47:02Z 2014 Presentation https://events.saip.org.za/event/32/contributions/3072/attachments/1111/1341/An_Assessment_of_wind_energy_potential_of_the_Amatole_district_in_the_Eastern_Cape_Province_of_South_Africa.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4597 en Proceedings of SAIP 2013: 58th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics;p. 476 open Proceedings of SAIP 2013: 58th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics |
| spellingShingle | Fossil fuels Greenhouse gasses Africa Masukume, Peace-maker Makaka, Golden Tinarwo, David An assessment of wind energy potential of the Amatole district in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa |
| title | An assessment of wind energy potential of the Amatole district in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa |
| title_full | An assessment of wind energy potential of the Amatole district in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa |
| title_fullStr | An assessment of wind energy potential of the Amatole district in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | An assessment of wind energy potential of the Amatole district in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa |
| title_short | An assessment of wind energy potential of the Amatole district in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa |
| title_sort | assessment of wind energy potential of the amatole district in the eastern cape province of south africa |
| topic | Fossil fuels Greenhouse gasses Africa |
| url | https://events.saip.org.za/event/32/contributions/3072/attachments/1111/1341/An_Assessment_of_wind_energy_potential_of_the_Amatole_district_in_the_Eastern_Cape_Province_of_South_Africa.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4597 |
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