ESCUELA SUPERIOR

POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL

RENEWABLE ENERGY

WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT

PROFESSOR:
ING. JIMMY CORDOVA
PROFESSOR ASSITANT:
BÁRBARA TAMAYO

NAME:
RICARDO SANDOYA

DATE:
22/08/2019
 I. PROBLEM TO SOLVE
The desired output power should be arround 3.0 MW. The available wind turbines are:

The cost of energy produced is $0.25/kWh.

Determine:

 Weibul distribution for the site

 Annual energy yield for each wind turbine
 Considering a flat land for the wind farm, what is the layout for each wind
turbine option
 Which wind turbine is the best option for this site

II. DETERMINE WEIBUL DISTRIBUTION FOR THE SITE

To determine the Weibull distribution, I generate a matlab program in which I adjust the
Weibull function with the speed data we have.

To adjust the data in the frequency column to the Weibull function we will have to
determine the values of the parameters c and k. We will make a non-linear adjustment
with the MATLAB nlinfit function.

With our code we will obtain the adjusted chart of the Weibull distribution and the
parameters that define it, both k and c. In other references we will find the parameter
"k" with the symbol "beta" and the parameter "c" with "alpha".

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 Matlab Code
clear,clc
speed=xlsread('viento2017','Jan','L4:L4445');
% interpolate if necessary
if any(isnan(speed)) %if there is any NaN
x=1:length(speed);
i=find(~isnan(speed));
speed=interp1(x(i),speed(i),x);
end
%histogram
x=0.5:1:max(speed);
intervalos=hist(speed,x);

%convert to frequencies and adjust to Weibull function

frec=intervalos/sum(intervalos);
f=@(a,x) (a(1)/a(2))*((x/a(2)).^(a(1)-1)).*exp(-(x/a(2)).^a(1));
a0=[1 2];
af=nlinfit(x,frec,f,a0);
hold on

%frequency diagram
bar(x,frec,'c');

%represents the adjustment curve

x=linspace(0,max(speed),100);
y=f(af,x);
plot(x,y,'r')

title('Adjust to Weibull function')

xlabel('speed')
ylabel('Frecuency')
hold off

fprintf('Parameter k is %s\n',af(1));
fprintf('Parameter c is %s\n',af(2));

𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛:
𝑘 𝑥 𝑘−1 −(𝑥)𝑘
𝑓(𝑥) = ( ) 𝑒 𝑐 𝑠𝑖 𝑥 ≥ 0
𝑐 𝑐

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 The Weibull Distribution chart for January and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

The Weibull Distribution chart for February and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

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 The Weibull Distribution chart for March and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

The Weibull Distribution chart for April and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

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 The Weibull Distribution chart for May and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

The Weibull Distribution chart for June and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

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 The Weibull Distribution chart for July and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

The Weibull Distribution chart for August and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

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 The Weibull Distribution chart for September and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

The Weibull Distribution chart for October and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

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 The Weibull Distribution chart for November and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

The Weibull Distribution chart for December and the parameter ‘k’ and ‘c’

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 III. ANNUAL ENERGY YIELD FOR EACH WIND TURBINE

For this exercise we need the power curve of turbines:

AE-59/800kW power curve of Gamesa Data Sheet

GE 77 power curve of General Electric Data Sheet

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 Annual energy yield for each wind turbine

AE 59 GE 77. AE 59 GE 77.
Speed Average per Output Power Aprox %
Month
Jan 3.533197389 0 150 0% 10%
Feb 3.494312561 5 170 1% 11%
Mar 4.145139459 17.3 210 2% 14%
Apr 4.167138658 17.3 210 2% 14%
May 5.887752044 90.5 400 11% 27%
Jun 6.485035121 149.9 650 19% 43%
Jul 6.131257685 112.6 500 14% 33%
Ago 6.037666599 109.9 400 14% 27%
Sep 6.217275612 120.5 550 15% 37%
Oct 5.288365816 65.4 570 8% 38%
Nov 6.517381255 156.7 670 20% 45%
Dic 5.344731738 72.5 592 9% 39%
Avg 10% 28%

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 IV. CONSIDERING A FLAT LAND FOR THE WIND FARM, WHAT IS THE LAYOUT FOR EACH
WIND TURBINE OPTION

For this exercise we need information about the diameter of the turbine, for this I consult the data sheet of
GE 77 and AE 59 turbines.

Turbine Model
GE-77 MADE AE-59

Output Power 3000 3 000

[kW]
Output Power/ 1500 800
Turbine [kW]

Number of 2 4
turbines OP/OPT

Rotor diameter 77 59
[m]

According to a source consulted https://ideasmedioambientales.com/distancias-entre-

aerogeneradores/ the distance between my lines cannot be less than 2 times the
diameter of the rotor when they are located on the same line, and not less than 5 times
if they are placed in parallel lines.

I don’t have much information about the land, but if I know that it is flat, I therefore
decide to place the two turbines in the same line in the case of GE-77 and the 4
turbines in the case of AE-59.

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 In the case of the GE77 of lower power than the final one, a distance of 2.5 times the
diameter of the motor is chosen, and for the AE59 the multiplicative factor 3 is
chosen.

GE-77
çççç

192.5
m

AE-59

206.5 206.5 206.5

5m

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 V. WHICH WIND TURBINE IS THE BEST OPTION FOR THIS SITE

Considering the information given in the exercise that mentions that The cost of energy
produced is $ 0.25 / kWh. We can do a quick operation according to the power found in
literal 2 and compare.

Considering the values in the zero year of investment shown in the table, and analyzing
the Net Present Value with the cost of energy and maintenance as an exit.

The best installation option is the MADE AE-59 because the NPV is positive obtaining
a recovery of the investment at approximately 9 years. While in GE 77 the NPV comes
out very low.

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 Reference

[1] [1] Wind speed calculation by using electrical output and wind turbine power curve -
Scientific Figure on ResearchGate. Available from:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/THE-DATA-OF-GAMESA-MADE-AE-59-800KW-
OUTPUT-POWER-VERSUS-WIND-SPEED-FROM-MANUFACTURE-14_tbl1_261201638
[accessed 23 Aug, 2019].

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