Evaluation of wind energy potential based on short time 10-minute data in the regions of kerman, jiroft and bam

Among new energies, wind as a renewal energy, clean and cheap energy has been regarded by most of countries around the world. In this study, based on the wind speed and wind direction data measured at the automatic weather stations of Kerman, Jiroft and Bam the wind energy potential were calculated. The data were recorded at the timescale of 10 minutes and they cover mainly the years 2008 till 2010. For doing this research, the scalar and vector statistical analyses of wind speed and wind direction, determination of best fit probability distribution, and calculation of wind power density were done at the selected stations. The results showed that the station of Bam from the viewpoint of average wind speed, the percentage of prevailing wind, the persistence coefficient of wind speed and finally, wind power density is superiority than the other stations. Then, in exploitation of wind energy the station of Bam places at the order one. The wind power density at this station is 2455.4 hours per year (i.e., four times of Kerman and 24 times of Jiroft).