Research Article
Evaluation of the Technical Wind Energy Potential of Kisii Region Based on the Weibull and Rayleigh Distribution Models
Table 1
Yearly averages of wind speed and Weibull factors for the Kisii region (Tables
1–12 in Supplementary Materials).
| | Parameter | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Ave |
| | (m/s) | 3.60 | 3.84 | 3.37 | 3.19 | 2.90 | 2.83 | 2.67 | 2.36 | 2.12 | 1.95 | 2.88 | | (m/s) | 1.58 | 1.61 | 1.82 | 1.79 | 1.66 | 1.67 | 1.57 | 1.47 | 1.25 | 1.24 | 1.56 | | 2.44 | 2.56 | 1.94 | 1.86 | 1.82 | 1.76 | 1.77 | 1.66 | 1.76 | 1.62 | 1.91 | | 4.06 | 4.23 | 3.80 | 3.59 | 3.27 | 3.18 | 3.00 | 2.64 | 2.38 | 2.18 | 3.25 | | Monthly speed distribution for 10 years | | January | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.23 | | February | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.56 | | March | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.35 | | April | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.89 | | May | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.21 | | June | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.35 | | July | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.37 | | August | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.43 | | September | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.25 | | October | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.83 | | November | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2.01 | | December | 2.9 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.83 |
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