Wind Energy Potential in Jordan: Analysis of the First Large-Scale Wind Farm and Techno-Economic Assessment of Potential Farms

Author:

Kiwan Suhil1,Al-Gharibeh Elyasa23,Abu-Lihia Emad4

Affiliation:

1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan

2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan;

3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844

4. National Electric Power Company, Amman 00962, Jordan

Abstract

Abstract We research the investment potential of wind energy in Jordan. The capacity factor of the first large-scale wind farm in the country, Tafila Wind Farm, was found to be 33.1%, based on actual energy production during its first year of operation. The best performing turbine in the farm achieved a capacity factor of 39.1%. Other eight sites, which are expected to have such capacity factors were subjected to techno-economic investigation utilizing 52 different turbine models of nameplate capacities range from 1.0 to 5.0 MW. A capacity factor higher than 25.0% can be achieved at all the studied sites. The average levelized cost of electricity of the 52 turbines at the eight sites is 0.0708 $/kWh, and the cost ranges from 0.0452 to 0.1108 $/kWh. A proposed 80 MW farm at every location results in a total capacity of 640 MW and an annual estimated energy generation of 1545.0–2076.0 GWh, around 7.0–9.0% of the country's projected electricity demand in 2020.

Publisher

ASME International

Subject

Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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