Wind Resource Assessment in Ghana-Challenges and Opportunities
The conversion of the kinetic energy in wind into electrical energy offers unique opportunity to the overall energy supply where resources exist as well as partial solution to the world’s over dependence on exhaustible primary energy sources such as fossil fuel and their consequences which include climate change. Wind resource assessment based on industrial practice, offers a first step towards the technical establishment of the wind energy potential. The political-will to harness this resource will create a unique market opportunity for investment in wind energy development. To this end, the study “wind resource assessment in Ghanachallenges and opportunities overall goal is to research the wind resource potential, challenges and investment opportunities in Ghana. The research methodology included review of earlier works on Ghana’s wind resource, renewable energy policies and frameworks for wind energy development, analysis of existing wind data, technical challenges for grid integrated wind energy development and availability of land for commercial wind farms. The results showed that Ghana has regions of proven moderate to excellent wind resource. Average wind speeds of ca 5.6 ms-1 to 7.5ms-1 at 12m and 50m respectively exist along the coastline with low turbulence. Regions of excellent wind climates are the mountainous regions. Although the overall wind resource outlook is promising, a lot more need to be done in the resource assessment. Potential wind sites interestingly coincide with sound infrastructural development including access roads, electricity transmission and distribution networks, and load centers. Overall Objective The overall objective of the study is to research the wind resource potentials, policy and regulatory frameworks, market opportunities for small and utility scale wind power development and challenges in Ghana. Specific Objectives Review of existing wind data and identify feasible wind sites for detail feasibility and possible wind power development Study the electricity grid networks, capacities, standards and market Research energy policies and regulatory frameworks for wind energy exploration Research renewable energy market incentives such as feed in laws, power purchase requirements, etc And finally, major barriers to wind power development
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MAHU Seth Agbeve GPCo Inc.Canada
Olusegun Obasanjo Way Ebony Junction-DzorwuluHouse Number C1200/12Postal Box OS-1699Osu-Accra,Ghana 1471 Lionel-Boulet Blvd.,Suite 26,Varennes,Quebec J3X 1P7,Canada
国际会议
北京
英文
2008-10-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）