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WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT IN INDIA
E. SreevalsanCentre for Wind Energy Technology
Ch i INDIAhennai, INDIA
C-WET was set up in 1998 as an Autonomous Organization under theMinistry. It is registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act.
To serve as a Technical Focal Point for promoting Wind Power development
CWET _OBJECTIVES
To serve as a Technical Focal Point for promoting Wind Power developmentin India.
To coordinate and support Research and Development programmes in WindPower systems.
To analyse and assess wind resources and prepare Wind Energy DensityMap, Wind Atlas and reference wind data.
To develop procedures for Testing & carry out testing; prepare Standards forCertification of Wind Power systems.
To accord Type Approval / Type Certification conforming to InternationalStandards.
To undertake Human Resource Development in wind energy sector.
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WindResourceAssessmentUnitinCWET
9 Expertisein
LargeScalescreeningofsitesandidentifyingwindylocations
ErectionandcommissioningofWindMonitoringStations
DataCollectionandAnalysis
MicrolevelRegionalWindAssessment
Micrositing ofWindTurbineGenerators
Design&LayoutofWindfarms
TechnicalduediligenceofProductionEstimateofenergy
Preparationof
Tender
Documents
for
Wind
farm
development
WindResource
Assessment
Unit
9 StateoftheArttools
Multilevelwindmasts
Sensors &Dataloggingsystems
Workstation, GPS,Camera,etc.
GSMconnectivity
SODAR
SoftwareWindographer
WAsP,WAsPEngineering,WindPRO,ReSoftWindFarm,
Meteodyne,WindSim
Surfur,Origin,MATLAB,ArcViewGIS
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PROSPECTING REFERENCES IN INDIA
STATE WISE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT PUBLISHED BYINDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENTWIND ENERGY DATA FOR INDIA , ANNAMANI et al. (1983)SURVEY OF INDIA MAP TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP ( 1 : 50000 Scale,
LAND USE LAND COVER MAP, SATELLITE IMAGES From NRSC
VALIDATION
National Wind Resource Assessment Programme Since 1986
Initially 20 m mast height
Currently 80 m, 100m and 120 m.
More than 650 stationsWind Energy Resource Survey Volumes I to VIIWind Power Density map of Measured regionIndian Wind Atlas
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OPIMISATION- MICROSURVEY
Observational wind atlas (WAsP)
InputsMeasured time-series
wind speed
wind direction
Terrain Features
Elevation (Orography)
Digitised maps
SRTM
Roughness
NRSA satellite images
Google Earth
SOImaps & Site visits
Obstacles
NRSA satellite images
oog e art
Site visits
OutputsRegional Wind Climate for the a given location
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Inputs for WAsP (wind data)
Wind Data
Second wind RAW data
Indigenous Second Wind Software compatible with WAsP
Output of the Second wind software as *.TAB fileOutput of the Second wind software as OWC file
Inputs for WAsP (other inputs)
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WAsP Analysis
Outcome of WRA projects
233potentialsitesforwindfarmingareidentified
Winddata(Timeseries)formorethan500 locations
Wind Energy Resource Survey . 7 Volumes
(Two volumes have been published by CWET. 8th volume is beingpublished )
Indian Wind Atlas
105 Micro Survey Reports (105) with 1 km resolution
Micrositin &duedili ence Morethan2000MW 70 ro ects
Numerical Wind Atlas with 5 km resolution ( .lib)
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WIND TURBINE ASSESSMENT
Wind resource assessmentAnnual Energy Estimation
WindSpeed(m/s)
Hours/Year
0 0.01 434.42 823.4
3 1,098.64 1,228.7
1100
1200
1300
GE 1.5xle - 1.5 MW
1400
1600
5 1,216.56 1,092.37 900.88 687.5
9 487.910 323.011 200.012 115.9
13 63.014 32.115 15.4
16 6.917 2.918 1.219 0.420 0.2
21 0.1
22 0.023 0.0
24 0.0
25 0.0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
Wind Speed (m/s)
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0
Wind Speed (m/s)
TurbineOutput(kW)
26 0.0
Speed Frequency Distribution Wind Turbine Power Curve:Output As a Function of Speed
Wind Direction Rose
Annual capacity factor =
(Actual energy produced during year) / (capacity *
8760)
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Prevalentwinddirection thekey
Turbines closer
Turbines fartherTurbines farther
WRD 17
Turbines closer
Micrositing
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Standard correction factors1 Grid availability
2 Machine availability
3 Electrical losses
The annual energy production
4 Air density correction
Uncertainty factors)
1 Wind Measurement ( sensors, mounting etc),
2 Inter annual variation
3 Extrapolation (vertical l)
4 Extrapolation (horizontal)
npu e accuracy ro rap y ou ness
6 Power curve
RSS Value 7-20 %
Wind Power Class ( SITE ASSESSMENT)A w ay o f q ua nt if yi ng t he s tr en gt h o f t he w in d a t a p ro je ct s it e b as ed o n p ow e r d en si tya t a n e le va ti on o f 5 0 m a gl ..T he D ep ar tm en t o f E ne rg ys N atio na l R en ew ab le E ne rg y L ab or ato ry d ef in es th ewind class at a site on a scale from 1 to 7 (1 being low and 7 b eing high) based ona ve ra ge w in d s pe ed a nd p ow er d en si ty t o o ff er g ui da nc e t o p ot en ti al d ev el op er s a s t owhere wind projects might be feas ible.
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WIND RESOURCEPOTENTIAL WPDat m/sat50m
SITE ASSESSMENT WIND POWER CLASS
CLASS
1 POOR 0200 0.05.6
2 MARGINEL 200300 5.66.4
3 MODERATE 300400 6.47.0
4 GOOD 400500 7.07.5
5 EXCELLENT 500600 7.58.0
6 EXCELLENT 600800 8.08.8
7 EXCELLENT >800 >8.8
WPD W/m2 CF %
200-250 17-22
250-300 22-26
300-400 26-30
WPD VS ENERGY
450
500
R = 0.4994
R = 0.4688
R = 0.5088
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
W
P
DSeries1
Expon. (Series1)
Linear (Series1)
Power (Series1)
00 10 20 30 40
CF
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MODELINGTechniques
PhysicalModeling
NumericalModeling
Meso (spatialresolution,52000km,)MesoMap,KAMM.MM5,MC2)
Micro(lessthan1km),
(WAsP,
WindSim,
Meteodyn,
SiteWind)
WindPotentialoftheCountryat50mlevelwith5kmresolution(MesoScale
Indian Wind Atlas
Assessment) Windystatesarevalidated(Availableforpublic)49GW with0.5to2
%landavailabilty
WindPotentialoftheCountryat80mlevelwith5kmresolution(MesoScale
Assessment))100GWwith1to2%landavailabilty NotValidated Sonotmade
availableforpublic.
METHODOLOGY
KAMMMesoscale model:SimulatedWindClimatesNumericalWindAtlas.
WAsPMicroscale model:ObservedWindClimatesObservedWindAtlas.
1. WindAtlas Book (Mesoscalewindresourcemap,Microscaledetailsof50stations,Detailsof windcharacteristicsof 517locations,detailsofcyclones,LongtermNCEP/NCAR
dataetc.,)
2. SimulatedWindClimatesNumericalWindAtlasfileforevery5km.inDigitalform.
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Output of KAMM Analysis (.lib file)
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2.OBJECTIVES:
ASSESSMENT OF WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL AT 100m level in INDIA
1. Windspeedmapat100mlevel
2. Windpowerdensitymapat100m
3. Windenergy(kWhorCF)mapat100m
4. EstimateInstallable(ConstrainedTechnical)Potential
5. Investment grade potential Assessment
3.METHODOLOGY
PreparationofStateWiseWindAtlas&Estimationofpotentialat80/100mlevel.
ASSESSMENT OF WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL AT 100 m level in INDIA
Phase1.Usingexisting Numericalwindatlas (.libfile)andObservedWindClimate
(.libfileoranyothersimilarfiles)generatemicroscalewindatlaswithhigher
resolution. Oneyear(Interimreport)
Phase2.UsingGIStools,estimate technicalpotential,constrainedpotential1Year, 4
months(Interimreport)
Phase3.Validationoftheresultswith actualmeasurements.Forthatitisproposedto
install75numbersof 100manemometrywithGPRSsystemsacross7states.
Microlevel Investmentgrade potentialAssessment)Energymapsforselectedsites.
Domainsize withmaximumrequiredspatialandverticalresolution.
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WIND POWER DENSITY MAP AT 80 M LEVEL
3A METHODOLOGY- Phase 1
PreparationofStatewise Windatlashigherspatialresolution
(MesoScaleMap + Surfacelevelmeasureddata
MethodologyforRealisticAssessmentwithGIS
tool
RAW METEOROLOGICAL
3 B. METHODOLOGY- Phase 2
POTENTIAL
TECHNICALPOTENTIAL
CONSTRAINEDPOTENTIAL
ECONOMICALLYCOMPETATIVEPOTENTIAL
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MethodologyforRealisticAssessmentwithGIS
tool
3 B. METHODOLOGY- Phase 2
3 B. METHODOLOGY- Phase 3
Validationoftheresultswith actualmeasurements.
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