Evaluating the Wind Energy Potential in Chaharmahal and ‎Bakhtiari Province

The main goal of this study is to evaluate the wind energy potential in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province to identify suitable rural areas for obtaining wind energy. In order to reach this goal (useing 7 meteorology stations information in the province from 2008 to 2016), the Weibull distribution was used for potentiometric; meanwhile, Kriging was applied to interpolate the area. Weibull estimate was done by using the torque method and the codes was written in Maple software. The steps were: measuring Weibull distribution parameters at different heights; calculating monthly and annual (PA); and EA was earned from calculation of data once in three hours in all synoptic stations. The results showed that only Saman district is appropriate to create wind energy and the other areas are not suggested for this purpose. Another result of the study was the wind potential interpolation maps with rural area distribution and without dispersion of them.