IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ids/ijetpo/v3y2005i4p363-377.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Estimation of capacity credit for wind power in Libya

Author

Listed:
  • Wedad B. El-Osta
  • Mohamed Ali Ekhlat
  • Amal S. Yagoub
  • Yousef Khalifa
  • E. Borass

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study that evaluated the wind potential at the central region of the Libyan coast and estimated the capacity credit of wind power in the national network. Several sites were investigated to choose the most suitable sites for wind farm establishment. Different sizes of Wind Energy Converter Systems (WECSs) were selected to estimate the wind potential. The sizes were selected to satisfy present and future market development as well as to satisfy technical, economic, and environmental aspects. Wind data from three meteorological stations in the proposed region were used in assessing the wind potential. The wind potential was estimated according to the characteristics of the sites and power curves of the WECSs, and considering certain assumptions. The results showed that the capacity credit varied from about 20% to 50%, depending on penetration levels of wind power, for the assumptions made in this study.

Suggested Citation

  • Wedad B. El-Osta & Mohamed Ali Ekhlat & Amal S. Yagoub & Yousef Khalifa & E. Borass, 2005. "Estimation of capacity credit for wind power in Libya," International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(4), pages 363-377.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijetpo:v:3:y:2005:i:4:p:363-377
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=8401
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ids:ijetpo:v:3:y:2005:i:4:p:363-377. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sarah Parker (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=12 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.