UTILIZATION OF WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL AS AN INTEGRAL TOOL FOR POWER GENERATION

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyse and provide realistic insight that will improve the provisions and investment in wind energy as potential source of energy for electricity generation. The data used for this assessment were obtained from the central database of Nigeria Meteorological Agency Abuja, which includes average wind speed, and direction per day of the selected location, measured at the anemometer height of 10 m, over a period of eleven years (2011-2021). The maximum monthly mean wind speed was found in January and December with a value of 4.9 m/s, and annual extractable energy was found to be 347.97KWh/M2. On average, the annual wind speed through eleven years was found in the range 3.88 - 4.00 m/s. The results revealed that, the wind resource in the study area fall within range and category 3.00 which is considered as marginal or unsuitable for higher wind power development and an excellent for water pumping and small scale electricity generation.

Keywords

• utilization
• greenhouse gases emissions
• carbon neutrality
• sustainable
• wind speed.