Wind Potential Assessment Using the Weibull Model at the Inner Mongolia of China

Abstract

The Weibull density function is used to estimate the wind energy potential of fifteen stations at the Inner Mongolia of China. Based on 10 years(1991–2000) of measured daily average wind speed data, the scale and shape parameters of the Weibull model are estimated and the probability density distributions are derived from the time-series data. The wind energy potential of the stations are also evaluated by the Weibull model.

Keywords

Weibull distribution The scale and shape parameters Wind energy potential

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