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Economic analysis of wind electricity generation in the northern coast of Senegal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2014

B. Ould Bilal ,
C. M.F. Kébé ,
V. Sambou ,
P.A. Ndiaye  and
M. Ndongo
B. Ould Bilal*
Affiliation:
Centre International de Formation et de Recherche en Energie Solaire (C.I.F.R.E.S)/ESP-UCAD, BP 5085 Dakar Fann, Sénégal École des Mines de Mauritanie (EMiM), BP 5259, Nouakchott, Mauritanie Centre de Recherche Appliquée aux Energies Renouvelables de l’eau et du froid (CRAER), FST, Université de Nouakchott, BP 5026, Nouakchott, Mauritanie
C. M.F. Kébé
Affiliation:
Centre International de Formation et de Recherche en Energie Solaire (C.I.F.R.E.S)/ESP-UCAD, BP 5085 Dakar Fann, Sénégal
V. Sambou
Affiliation:
Centre International de Formation et de Recherche en Energie Solaire (C.I.F.R.E.S)/ESP-UCAD, BP 5085 Dakar Fann, Sénégal
P.A. Ndiaye
Affiliation:
Centre International de Formation et de Recherche en Energie Solaire (C.I.F.R.E.S)/ESP-UCAD, BP 5085 Dakar Fann, Sénégal
M. Ndongo
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche Appliquée aux Energies Renouvelables de l’eau et du froid (CRAER), FST, Université de Nouakchott, BP 5026, Nouakchott, Mauritanie
*
⋆ Correspondence: boudybilal@yahoo.fr
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Abstract

The main target of this paper is to determine the seasonal features of the wind speed in the northwestern of Senegal and to assess the cost of annual energy output using wind turbines provided from several manufactures. The wind data used for this study were collected in four sites located in the northwestern coast of Senegal and cover the period of one year. The seasonal mean wind speed and the annual distribution curves were obtained by using the Weibull distribution function. A technical assessment of electricity generation from five big wind turbines which power is between 640 kW and 2000 kW and from six small wind turbines which power is between 250 W and 10 kW were carried out. The results obtained show that the lower cost (0.0265 €/kWh in Sokhar) was observed for the wind turbine Ecotècnia 62. The highest cost was 0.5103 €/kWh (in Gandon) observed for the technology of Alize. All wind turbines was better suited to the site of Sokhar with the highest capacity factor and the lowest cost of output energy.

Keywords

Wind energyWeibull distributionwind turbineelectricity generationanalysis cost
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Research Article
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International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , 2014 , 302
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© EDP Sciences 2014

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