A GIS based assessment of potential for windfarms in India

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3257-3267

  Hossain, Jami ^a,b   Sinha, Vinay ^a   Kishore, V V N ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WindForce Management Services Private Limited   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; India; NCEP NCAR; Potential; Wind energy; Windfarms

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; AIRCRAFT DATA; ATMOSPHERIC ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE VARIABLES; CLOUD-DRIFT; DATA SETS; DATA SOURCE; DRIFTING BUOYS; ENERGY SCENARIOS; HISTORICAL DATA; HUB HEIGHT; INDIA; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; JOINT PROJECTS; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; NATIONAL CENTRES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NCEP/NCAR; POTENTIAL; POWER OUT PUT; REANALYSIS; REANALYSIS PROJECT; REVALIDATION; SURFACE DATA; SURFACE MARINE; SURFACE WIND SPEED; WIND FARM; WIND FIELD; WIND POTENTIAL; WIND RESOURCES; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYS; CLIMATOLOGY; EXTRAPOLATION; RATING; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DATA PROCESSING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOY SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ENERGY RESOURCE; GIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORICAL RECORD; INNOVATION; INTERPOLATION; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SATELLITE DATA; URBAN AREA; WIND FARM; WIND FIELD; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 79960164872     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Monthly review power sector (executive summary) January 5, 2011, accessed on. http://www.cea.nic.in/power_sec_reports/executive_summary/2010_11/1-2.pdf.
2. Integrated energy planning August 2006, Report of the Expert Committee, planning Commission, Government of India, [accessed on 05.01.11].20-21. http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/rep_intengy.pdf.
3. Hossain J., Sinha V., Kishore V.V.N. Potential for setting up grid connected windfarms in India, Large scale integration of windfarms. 9th world wind energy conference and renewable energy Exhibition, 15-17 June 2010, Istanbul, Turkey, last accessed on January 5, 2011. http://www.wwec2010.com/dosya/program.pdf.
4. Hossain J. The Story of wind power development in India, wind power development in India 2006, World Institute of Sustainable Energy, Pune, 15-33. 1st ed.
5. Mani A., Mooley D.A. Wind speed data over India 1983, Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
6. Hossain J., Thukral K., Kishore V.V.N., Ramesh S., Pachauri R.K. Wind Electric generation: some economic and policy implications Feb 12, 1987, Seminar on Wind Energy, New Delhi.
7. Hossain J., Thukral K., Kishore V.V.N. Windfarms in India: minimizing the costs of generation. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 1988, 27:167-178.
8. Mani A. Wind energy resources Survey for India-I 1990, pp 347, Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
9. Mani A. Wind energy resources Survey for India-II 1992, pp 591, Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
10. Mani A. Wind energy resources Survey for India-III 1994, Pp 637, Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
11. List of Wind Monitoring Stations with MAWS & MAWPD (MNRE as on 30.11.10) January 5, 2011, Centre for Wind Energy Technology, accessed on. http://www.cwet.tn.nic.in/html/departments_wms.html.
12. Jagadeesh A. Wind energy development in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, India Institutional dynamics and barriers - a case study. Energy Policy 2000, 28:157-168.
13. Hossain J. Estimation of Specific annual energy generation from wind in Antarctica. Solar & Wind Technology 1989, 6(1):91-95.
14. Ramachandra T.V., Subramanian D.K., Joshi N.V. Wind energy potential assessment in Uttarakannada District of Karnataka, India. Renewable Energy 1997, 10(4):585-611.
15. Golait N., Moharil R.M., Kulkarni P.S. Wind Electric power in the world and perspectives of its development in India. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2009, 13:233-247.
16. Chang T.-J., Wu Y.-T., Hsu H.-Y., Chu C.-R., Liao C.-M. Assessment of wind characteristics and wind turbine characteristics in Taiwan. Renewable Energy 2003, 28:851-871.
17. Aras H. Wind energy Status and its assessment in Turkey. Renewable Energy 2003, 28:2213-2220.
18. Hossain J., Raghavan K. Potential for windfarms in India. Renewable energy utilization: Scope, Economics and perspectives 1993, Tata Energy Research Institute. V.V.N. Kishore (Ed.).
19. Al Buflasa H., Infield D., Watson S., Thomson M. Wind resource assessment for the Kingdom of Bahrain. Wind Engineering 2008, 32(5):439-448.
20. Hossain J., Natarajan B., Sinha C.S. Potential role of renewables in the power sector of India 1991, a TERI/Commission of European Community, Brussels.
21. Hossain J. High penetrations of renewables in the power grid of Tamil Nadu. Wind Engineering 1991, 15(6):318-329.
22. Hossain J. Grid integration of renewables in developing countries: a case study of high wind penetration in the Tamil Nadu electricity utility. Energy Policy 1993, 868-874. August.
23. Acker T.L., Zavadil R., Potter C., Flood R. Wind integration cost impact study for the Arizona Public Service Company: modeling approach and results. Wind Engineering 2008, 32(No. 4):339-354.
24. Hillring B., Krieg R. Wind energy potential in Southern Sweden - Example of planning methodology. Renewable Energy 1998, 13(No. 4):471-479.
25. Elliot D. Wind resource assessment and mapping for Afganistan and Pakistan, "A presentation under South Asian RegionaI Initiative June 1, 2010, accessed on. http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADO338.pdf.
26. Schwartz M.N., George R.L. On the use of Reanalysis data for wind resource assessment. 11th Applied Climatology Conference January 10-15, 1999, American Meteorological Society, Texas, NREL Report No. NREL/CP-500-25610.
27. Mahmmud F, Watson S, Woods J, Halliday J & Hossain J, The economic potential for renewable energy sources in Karnataka, In: Proceedings of EuroSun 96 Conference, Freiburg, Germany, September (1996), p. 1370.
28. Mahmmud F, Woods J, Watson S, Halliday J & Hossain J, A GIS tool for the economic assessment of renewable technologies, In: Proceedings of 18th British wind energy Association Conference (BWEA18), Exeter, UK, September (1997), ISBN: 1 86058 034 3, p. 191-196.
29. carolin Mabel M., Fernandez E. Growth and future trends of wind energy in India. Renewable and sustainable Energy Reviews 2008, 12:1745-1757.
30. Mikhail A.S. Height extrapolation of wind data. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 1985, 107.
31. N Kishore V.V. Renewable energy Engineering & technology: a Knowledge Compendium 2008, Teri Press, New Delhi, pp. 445-501.
32. Lysen E.H. Introduction to wind energy 1982, SWD, The Netherlands.
33. http://edc2.usgs.gov/1KM/avhrr_sensor.php.
34. Winterfeldt J. Intercomparison of Horizontal wind speed components from NCEP/NCAR-Reanalysis and NCEP-DOE Reanalysis II July 8, 2010, Last visited. http://wcrp.ipsl.jussieu.fr/Workshops/Reanalysis2008/Documents/G2-342_ea.pdf.
35. Swail V.R., Cox A.T. On the use of NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis surface marine wind fields for a long-term north Atlantic Wave hindcast. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 2000, 17:532-545.
36. last visited on July 1, 2010. http://guidedtour.windpower.org/en/stat/unitsw.htm%23roughness.
37. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Notification No: No.L-7/186(201)/2009-CERC September 16th 2009, dated. http://cercind.gov.in/Regulations/CERC_RE-Tariff-Regualtions_17_sept_09.pdf.
38. Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (terms and conditions for determination of re tariff) regulations 2010, http://www.mercindia.org.in/pdf/Order%25252058%25252042/Final_MERC_RE_Tariff_Regulation_2010.pdf.
39. Pure power - wind energy targets for 2020 and 2030 2009, EWEA update.