Scaling up of Wind Energy Development Plans in Kenya
Kenya is a rapidly industrializing nation in Africa and envisions transforming itself into a newly-industrializing,middle-income country by 2030,with a globally competitive and prosperous economy.This is envisioned in a long-term development strategy of the country,Vision 2030(Kenya,Kenya Vision 2030,2007).One of the prominent focus areas of the Government of Kenya is to harness the countrys wind potential and the vision is to install 2036 MW of wind energy by 2030.To achieve this objective of scaling up wind energy development in Kenya,the Government of Kenya through Ministry of Energy & Petroleum,Kenya commissioned WinDForce to conduct a research study for Wind Energy Data Analysis & Development Programme under Energy Sector Recovery Project.The objective of this study is to attain in-depth understanding of the long term wind resource prevailing in the country and to see establishment of large utility scale wind farms deploying modern wind turbine technologies.The study describes a methodological framework to harness wind potential of the country,and presents feasible policy interventions from technical and economical terms to scale up the wind sector in the country.A detail assessment of wind resource at national level is undertaken leading to the development of Wind Atlas and Maps followed by identification,selection and energy estimation of viable potential sites for prioritizing wind-farm development using different wind turbine models.This concludes that Kenya has abundant wind energy resource that can fulfill power requirements for the whole country as the study estimates 1604 GW potential in wind speed Class Ⅲ,while 642 GW of potential in wind speed Class Ⅱ and 4.6 GW in wind speed Class Ⅰ respectively.At 80m height,64 km2 0f potential area has annual wind speeds higher than 7.5 m/s.The study addresses the key challenges faced by Kenyas wind energy sector and lists recommendations for the Government of Kenya which will suitably address concerns of various stakeholders.The study also lists out recommendations to develop Kenyan wind energy sector include development of Wind Energy Policy document after assessment of existing policies and bringing expansion and stabilization in Kenyas power grid network.The Government of Kenyas consideration to these aspects would instill confidence to the investors about the Governments commitment to Wind energy development and the supporting framework in terms of financial,institutional,regulatory and security to wind investments in the country.
Kenya Vision 2030 Wind Atlas/Maps Energy estimates Wind Energy Policy
Rahul Kumar Kandoi Mohammad Ziaulhaq Ansari Neelu Kumar Mishra Deepshikha Sharma Isaac Kiva Kihara Mungai
WinDForce Management Services Private Limited,5th Floor,Universal Trade Tower,Gurgaon Sohna Road,Gur Ministry of Energy and Petroleum,Government of Kenya,Nyayo House,Nairobi,Kenya
国际会议
The 13th World Wind Energy Conference(WWEC2014)(第十三届世界风能大会)
上海
英文
1-10
2014-04-17（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）