Forecasting of wind speed and wind power generation is indispensible for the effective operation of a wind farm, and the optimal management of its revenue and risks. Hybrid forecasting of time series data is considered to be a potentially viable alternative compared with the conventional single...

This paper presents analysis of the wind speed characteristics at Chuping and Kangar in Perlis, Malaysia. The characteristics consist of daily, monthly and annual mean wind speed. The Weibull distribution function is applied to analyze the wind speed characteristics and used to calculate the...

Linear models are capable of capturing the Linear Deterministic (LD) component of the time series. In order to benefit from both Nonlinear Deterministic (ND) and LD components during the prediction procedure, it is necessary to employ nonlinear models. The complexity of the prediction algorithm...

An accurate quantification and characterization of the available wind resources is necessary to optimally design a wind farm. To effectively evaluate the wind energy, studying the wind's statistical characteristics is required. The probability distribution of wind speed is a very important piece...

This paper presents an overview of existing research on wind speed and power forecasting. It first discusses state-of-the-art wind speed and power forecasting approaches. Then, forecasting accuracy is presented based on variable factors. Finally, potential techniques to improve the accuracy of...

With the continuous increase of wind power penetration in power systems, the problems caused by the volatile nature of wind speed and its occurrence in the system operations such as scheduling and dispatching have drawn attention of system operators, utilities and researchers towards the...

This paper presents long-term analysis of wind speed data in terms of annual, seasonal and diurnal variations at Tindouf, which is situated on the south west region of Algeria. The wind speed data was collected over a period of 08years between 1976 and 1984. The study showed that the long-term...

The development of wind energy conversion systems becomes one of the most important aims of many developing countries such as Tunisia. This is due to the reduction in wind turbine costs, and fossil fuel atmospheric pollution. The evaluation of wind power potential is necessary to estimate wind...

An attempt has been made, may be first time in Saudi Arabia, to utilize power of the wind for pumping the water for remotely located inhabitants not connected with national power grid. Small turbines of 1–10kW have been chosen in conjunction with Goulds 45J model water pumps to produce energy...

The present study aims at evaluating the performance of wind speed sensors installed at different heights on a 40m tall wind mast during a period of 33 months between July 01, 2006 and April 01, 2009. The performance has been evaluated by estimating the tower distortion factor (TDF), scatter...