Rural Electrification in Jordan: Case Study-The Village of Ras Munif

An investigation was conducted to install wind farm to supply electrical power to the village of Ras Munif, the highest elevation in Jordan. The village installed capacity load was found to be 500 kW. A 25 windmills, 20kW each, forming the wind farm was found to be the best choice to supply the village with 100% of its needed power. The windmills will be spaced 50 meters along an unobstructed continuous wind flow location, along sloping sides of Ras Munif Mountain, alongside service road. The village load bus will be connected directly to both the output of wind farm inverter output bus and to the national grid bus. Both buses supply the needed power. The power flow was found to be supplied by the wind farm, except when the wind speed is low, the village load will be supplied partially or totally by the national grid bus.