A feasibility study for electricity generation using wind power systems in the Malaysian Borneo

Author

Khatib, T. ; Mohamed, Amr

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Syst. Eng., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

2-5 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

594

Lastpage

598

Abstract

In this hourly wind speed data for nine sites in Malaysia are used to optimally design wind power systems. These sites are Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Terengganu, Kuching, Kudat, Mersing, Sandakan, Tawau and Pulau Langkawi. However, the designed wind power systems are supposed to supply hourly load demand (6.13kWh/day, 0.52 kW peak) at 1% loss of load probability. The cost of energy for each system is calculated and compared to the cost of energy of a standalone PV power system, a diesel generator power system and the electricity grid. The results show that the average cost of energy for wind power system in Malaysia is (1.6-7.29) USD/kWh while it is (0.35-0.5) USD/kWh, (0.27-0.30) USD/kWh and 0.11 USD/kWh for PV power system, diesel generator power system and electricity grid respectively. Based on this, the use of wind power system as a standalone system is not recommended for Malaysia.

Keywords

diesel-electric generators; photovoltaic power systems; power grids; probability; wind power plants; Bintulu; Kota Kinabalu; Kuala Terengganu; Kuching; Kudat; Malaysian Borneo; Mersing; Pulau Langkawi; Sandakan; Tawau; diesel generator power system; electricity generation; electricity grid; hourly load demand; hourly wind speed data; load probability; standalone PV power system; wind power systems; Batteries; Generators; Mathematical model; Optimization; Wind power generation; Wind speed; Wind turbines; Malaysai; Wind potential; Wind power system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy (PECon), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kota Kinabalu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5017-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PECon.2012.6450283

Filename

6450283