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.

MonthWind speed (m/s)Wind power (W/m2)Error (%)

January2.232.836.7913.8212.7012.72-8.1386.97-7.9687.31
February2.563.1610.2719.3418.7017.87-3.3281.97-7.5973.95
March2.352.917.9515.1014.5014.31-4.0082.42-5.2580.05
April2.893.5414.7827.1929.1329.267.1497.037.6397.93
May3.213.8420.2634.7439.1437.9912.6893.209.3787.52
June3.354.1523.0343.6845.3044.683.7196.722.3094.03
July3.374.0123.4439.4642.9341.258.7983.1324.5275.95
August3.434.0224.7239.7147.0044.6818.3690.1612.5280.77
September3.254.0021.0339.3342.9341.259.16104.184.8796.16
October2.833.5513.8827.3629.1329.266.47109.836.95110.79
November2.012.674.9711.629.569.91-17.7092.20-14.7399.19
December1.832.423.758.729.486.518.69152.55-24.9573.54
Averages2.783.4214.5726.6728.3827.473.4997.53-1.0688.10