COBEM99

SR7 Energia Eólica, Solar e Nuclear

Title:

CHARACTERISATION OF THE WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL FOR ENERGETIC PURPOSES. THE PORTUGUESE CASE - 10 YEARS OF ACTIVITIES

Summary :

FOLLOWING AND, SIMULTANEOUSLY, ENCOURAGING THE GROWING INTEREST FOR WIND ENERGY IN PORTUGAL ALONG LAST DECADE, THE ENGINEERING FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTO (F.E.U.P.) AND ITS INTERFACE INSTITUTIONS (INEGI, IDMEC) HAVE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN SEVERAL ACTIONS RELATED TO THE TOPIC, MAINLY PLANING AND CONDUCTING MEASURING CAMPAIGNS AND PERFORMING RESOURCE ASSESSMENT STUDIES, BUT ALSO IN DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING NUMERICAL SIMULATION MODELS OF ATMOSPHERIC FLOW. INEGI, IN PARTICULAR, HAS DEDICATED AN IMPORTANT EFFORT TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIALLY INTERESTING SITES. MORE THAN 80 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HAVE BEEN OPERATED, COVERING AN AREA OF ABOUT 40 000 KM2, IN THE SCOPE OF R&D PROJECTS, AS WELL AS UNDER CONTRACTS AND PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED WITH PROMOTERS. THE VOLUME OF DATA GATHERED IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 2 COMPLETE YEARS IN 55 MEASURING POINTS, BEING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WIND DATE BASE IN THE COUNTRY. THREE 10 MW WIND FARMS WERE ALREADY BUILT AFTER MEASURING CAMPAIGNS AND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT STUDIES CONDUCTED BY INEGI AND SEVERAL OTHERS ARE NOW IN COURSE OF PROJECT. A SITE BIG ENOUGH TO ALLOCATE ABOUT 100 MW WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED AND CHARACTERISED. THE EXPERIENCE ACQUIRED IN THESE INSTITUTIONS, BRIEFLY DESCRIBED ON THIS COMMUNICATION, CAN BE OF INTEREST FOR THE STUDY OF ZONES WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS, AS IS THE CASE OF SEVERAL REGIONS OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN CONTINENT, WHERE SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES ARE EXPECTED TO EXIST THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO CHARACTERISE. KEYWORDS: WIND ENERGY, MEASURING CAMPAIGNS, RESOURCE ASSESSMENT

Author :

Ferreira, Miguel 0
Rodrigues, Álvaro 0

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