Reviewing Wind Speed and Energy Distribution in Malaysia

Recent increase on negative issues related to global warming, greenhouse gases and other environmental concerns, the awareness in promoting alternative energy sources have increased significantly. Renewable energy is the most promising and sustainable energy source that will sustain and maintain env...

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Main Authors: S. M., Lawan, W. A. W. Z., Abidin, W. Y., Chai, A., Baharun, T., Masri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Academic Research 2014
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5216/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5216/1/Baharun.pdf
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author S. M., Lawan
W. A. W. Z., Abidin
W. Y., Chai
A., Baharun
T., Masri
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description Recent increase on negative issues related to global warming, greenhouse gases and other environmental concerns, the awareness in promoting alternative energy sources have increased significantly. Renewable energy is the most promising and sustainable energy source that will sustain and maintain environment; in particular,wind energy is considered as the clean and perfect solution to present environmental worries as well as to counter the limited hydrocarbon reserves that last for (30-40) years. This paper is to review recent wind speed and energy distribution in Malaysia and enumerate the potentials of using the available resources for wind power generation in the country. The extractable power output in a wind turbine is directly proportional to the speed cubed. Due to the location of the country in the equatorial zone, the annual mean wind speed falls within class 1, which ranges from 2.0-5.0m/s based on recent studies conducted by many researchers.
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spelling unimas-52162021-06-29T17:07:47Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5216/ Reviewing Wind Speed and Energy Distribution in Malaysia S. M., Lawan W. A. W. Z., Abidin W. Y., Chai A., Baharun T., Masri TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Recent increase on negative issues related to global warming, greenhouse gases and other environmental concerns, the awareness in promoting alternative energy sources have increased significantly. Renewable energy is the most promising and sustainable energy source that will sustain and maintain environment; in particular,wind energy is considered as the clean and perfect solution to present environmental worries as well as to counter the limited hydrocarbon reserves that last for (30-40) years. This paper is to review recent wind speed and energy distribution in Malaysia and enumerate the potentials of using the available resources for wind power generation in the country. The extractable power output in a wind turbine is directly proportional to the speed cubed. Due to the location of the country in the equatorial zone, the annual mean wind speed falls within class 1, which ranges from 2.0-5.0m/s based on recent studies conducted by many researchers. European Academic Research 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5216/1/Baharun.pdf S. M., Lawan and W. A. W. Z., Abidin and W. Y., Chai and A., Baharun and T., Masri (2014) Reviewing Wind Speed and Energy Distribution in Malaysia. European Academic Research, 1 (8). ISSN 2286-4822
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
S. M., Lawan
W. A. W. Z., Abidin
W. Y., Chai
A., Baharun
T., Masri
Reviewing Wind Speed and Energy Distribution in Malaysia
title Reviewing Wind Speed and Energy Distribution in Malaysia
title_full Reviewing Wind Speed and Energy Distribution in Malaysia
title_fullStr Reviewing Wind Speed and Energy Distribution in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Reviewing Wind Speed and Energy Distribution in Malaysia
title_short Reviewing Wind Speed and Energy Distribution in Malaysia
title_sort reviewing wind speed and energy distribution in malaysia
topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5216/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5216/1/Baharun.pdf