Research Article
Evaluation of the Technical Wind Energy Potential of Kisii Region Based on the Weibull and Rayleigh Distribution Models
Table 6
Wind power as predicted by the models and their errors in prediction.
| Month | Wind speed (m/s) | Wind power (W/m2) | Error (%) | | | | | | | | | | |
| January | 2.23 | 2.83 | 6.79 | 13.82 | 12.70 | 12.72 | -8.13 | 86.97 | -7.96 | 87.31 | February | 2.56 | 3.16 | 10.27 | 19.34 | 18.70 | 17.87 | -3.32 | 81.97 | -7.59 | 73.95 | March | 2.35 | 2.91 | 7.95 | 15.10 | 14.50 | 14.31 | -4.00 | 82.42 | -5.25 | 80.05 | April | 2.89 | 3.54 | 14.78 | 27.19 | 29.13 | 29.26 | 7.14 | 97.03 | 7.63 | 97.93 | May | 3.21 | 3.84 | 20.26 | 34.74 | 39.14 | 37.99 | 12.68 | 93.20 | 9.37 | 87.52 | June | 3.35 | 4.15 | 23.03 | 43.68 | 45.30 | 44.68 | 3.71 | 96.72 | 2.30 | 94.03 | July | 3.37 | 4.01 | 23.44 | 39.46 | 42.93 | 41.25 | 8.79 | 83.132 | 4.52 | 75.95 | August | 3.43 | 4.02 | 24.72 | 39.71 | 47.00 | 44.68 | 18.36 | 90.16 | 12.52 | 80.77 | September | 3.25 | 4.00 | 21.03 | 39.33 | 42.93 | 41.25 | 9.16 | 104.18 | 4.87 | 96.16 | October | 2.83 | 3.55 | 13.88 | 27.36 | 29.13 | 29.26 | 6.47 | 109.83 | 6.95 | 110.79 | November | 2.01 | 2.67 | 4.97 | 11.62 | 9.56 | 9.91 | -17.70 | 92.20 | -14.73 | 99.19 | December | 1.83 | 2.42 | 3.75 | 8.72 | 9.48 | 6.51 | 8.69 | 152.55 | -24.95 | 73.54 | Averages | 2.78 | 3.42 | 14.57 | 26.67 | 28.38 | 27.47 | 3.49 | 97.53 | -1.06 | 88.10 |
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