Evaluation of the Technical Wind Energy Potential of Kisii Region Based on the Weibull and Rayleigh Distribution Models

Table 4

Yearly mean wind speed and power for cold and warm seasons of the Kisii region (Tables 33 and 34 in Supplementary Materials).

Year	Cold season (May-Sept)			Warm season (Oct-Apr)
	(m/s)			(m/s)
2004	4.24	57.13	83.22	3.09	24.27	32.868
2005	4.30	57.69	84.49	3.44	31.72	45.32
2006	4.06	50.43	73.02	2.89	22.72	27.56
2007	3.48	37.03	49.06	2.84	20.34	26.59
2008	3.50	36.66	48.94	2.30	12.21	14.24
2009	3.52	37.50	49.86	2.27	10.67	13.53
2010	3.20	28.28	37.49	2.14	9.16	11.25
2011	2.64	18.97	21.34	1.93	7.62	8.18
2012	2.20	11.12	12.32	1.76	5.86	6.18
2013	2.08	9.01	10.67	1.2	2.14	1.96
Average	3.32	34.38	47.04	2.39	14.67	18.76