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Economic feasibility of development of wind power plants in coastal locations of Saudi Arabia – A review

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  • Shaahid, S.M.
  • Al-Hadhrami, L.M.
  • Rahman, M.K.

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Climate change and depletion of natural resources are serious issues that have potential impact on the economic and social development of countries. In this perspective, the governments world-wide are mobilizing initiatives to exploit renewable energy sources to mitigate increasing demand of energy, volatile fuel prices, and environmental concerns. Renewable energy (wind/solar) based power system is a nature-friendly option for power production to foster sustainable development challenges. In the present study, the economic feasibility of development of 75MW wind power plants (wind farms) in the coastal locations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (K.S.A.) has been studied/reviewed by analyzing long-term wind speed data. Attention has been focused on four coastal locations (Al-Wajh, Jeddah, Yanbu and Jizan) covering the west coast. In general, long-term data indicates that the yearly average wind speed of K.S.A. varies from 3.0 to 4.5m/s at 10m height. The wind farms simulated consist of different combinations of 600kW commercial wind machines (50m hub-height). NREL's (HOMER Energy's) HOMER software has been employed to perform the techno-economic assessment.

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  • Shaahid, S.M. & Al-Hadhrami, L.M. & Rahman, M.K., 2013. "Economic feasibility of development of wind power plants in coastal locations of Saudi Arabia – A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 19(C), pages 589-597.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:19:y:2013:i:c:p:589-597
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.11.058
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