Modeling of Wind Energy Potential for Sarawak: Conceptual Design

Electricity is the basic need of everyone in urban and rural areas. In Sarawak, most of the rural dweller depends on diesel generator for electrical power. However, there are problems such as high cost of fossil fuel, transportation and stepping down of 33/132 kV transmission lines that pass through...

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Main Authors: S. M., Lawan, W. A. W. Z., Abidin, A., Baharun, T., Masri, W. Y., Chai
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Published: ENCON 2013 2013
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author S. M., Lawan
W. A. W. Z., Abidin
A., Baharun
T., Masri
W. Y., Chai
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W. A. W. Z., Abidin
A., Baharun
T., Masri
W. Y., Chai
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description Electricity is the basic need of everyone in urban and rural areas. In Sarawak, most of the rural dweller depends on diesel generator for electrical power. However, there are problems such as high cost of fossil fuel, transportation and stepping down of 33/132 kV transmission lines that pass through the areas, to overcome the aforementioned problems. Wind energy provides an alternative to the current dependency on fossil fuel. This paper presents a suitable conceptual framework of wind characteristics and energy potential modeling for rural electrification in Sarawak. The proposed concept consist of six (6) different subsystem namely; topographic, wind data collection and processing, development of numerical wind prediction model, wind speed variation and energy potentials modeling analysis, Micrositing model development and GIS model-based wind mapping.
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spelling unimas-81682015-07-02T06:34:28Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8168/ Modeling of Wind Energy Potential for Sarawak: Conceptual Design S. M., Lawan W. A. W. Z., Abidin A., Baharun T., Masri W. Y., Chai Q Science (General) Electricity is the basic need of everyone in urban and rural areas. In Sarawak, most of the rural dweller depends on diesel generator for electrical power. However, there are problems such as high cost of fossil fuel, transportation and stepping down of 33/132 kV transmission lines that pass through the areas, to overcome the aforementioned problems. Wind energy provides an alternative to the current dependency on fossil fuel. This paper presents a suitable conceptual framework of wind characteristics and energy potential modeling for rural electrification in Sarawak. The proposed concept consist of six (6) different subsystem namely; topographic, wind data collection and processing, development of numerical wind prediction model, wind speed variation and energy potentials modeling analysis, Micrositing model development and GIS model-based wind mapping. ENCON 2013 2013 Article PeerReviewed S. M., Lawan and W. A. W. Z., Abidin and A., Baharun and T., Masri and W. Y., Chai (2013) Modeling of Wind Energy Potential for Sarawak: Conceptual Design. ENCON 2013. http://rpsonline.com.sg/proceedings/9789810760595/html/027.xml doi: 10.3850/978-981-07-6059-5_027
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
S. M., Lawan
W. A. W. Z., Abidin
A., Baharun
T., Masri
W. Y., Chai
Modeling of Wind Energy Potential for Sarawak: Conceptual Design
title Modeling of Wind Energy Potential for Sarawak: Conceptual Design
title_full Modeling of Wind Energy Potential for Sarawak: Conceptual Design
title_fullStr Modeling of Wind Energy Potential for Sarawak: Conceptual Design
title_full_unstemmed Modeling of Wind Energy Potential for Sarawak: Conceptual Design
title_short Modeling of Wind Energy Potential for Sarawak: Conceptual Design
title_sort modeling of wind energy potential for sarawak: conceptual design
topic Q Science (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8168/
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8168/