Evaluation of Wind Energy Potential as a Power Generation Source in Southeast

Student: Clinton Chinedu Ugwu (Project, 2025)
Department of ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State

Abstract

ABSTRACT In this project, a 10-year data of 2008 – 2017 of two southeastern states in Nigeria namely, Enugu and Owerri was obtained from the Nigerian Meteorological Center was analyzed. The project aimed to study the potential of wind energy in these stations in order determine the viability of these station for the installation of wind turbines to generate electricity. The motive behind this study is to challenge the appalling current generation of electricity for the country. For the analysis that was carried out, 10 distribution functions were used, and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was performed to select the most suitable distribution function that would be used for the analysis. The wind performance analysis was also performed. The results showed that the yearly mean wind speed shows a range between 4.96 knots and 12.3 knots at a height of 10 meters. This validates these stations as having high wind potential. Based on the analysis, and the results, the conclusion was made that the Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine would be most sufficient for the rural area because of the lack of urbanization and access to large spaces and land mass which permit uninterrupted flow of air. Keywords: Airflow, Viability Analysis, Wind Potential, Distribution Function, Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test

Keywords
Airflow Viability Analysis Wind Potential Distribution Function Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test
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