Research Article
Investigation of Energy Storage Systems, Its Advantage and Requirement in Various Locations in Australia
Table 4
Selected location’s solar and wind data [
15].
| Month | Solar radiation (kWh/m2/d) | Wind speed (m/s) | Alice Springs (NT) | Weipa (QLD) | Karratha (WA) | Macquarie Island (TAS) | Newcastle (NSW) | Neptune Island (SA) | Melbourne (VIC) |
| Jan | 7.64 | 5.86 | 8.14 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 5.7 | Feb | 7.17 | 5.12 | 7.37 | 10.3 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.2 | Mar | 6.58 | 5.68 | 6.96 | 10.3 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.2 | Apr | 5.67 | 6.07 | 5.88 | 10.8 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.2 | May | 4.42 | 5.65 | 4.82 | 10.3 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.2 | Jun | 4.08 | 5.39 | 4.32 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 6.7 | Jul | 4.47 | 5.63 | 4.86 | 10.3 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 7.2 | Aug | 5.31 | 6.33 | 5.88 | 10.3 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 7.2 | Sep | 6.31 | 7.20 | 7.10 | 10.3 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 7.2 | Oct | 7.06 | 7.62 | 8.07 | 10.3 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.2 | Nov | 7.47 | 7.45 | 8.52 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.7 | Dec | 7.72 | 6.50 | 8.45 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 5.7 | Annual | 6.15 | 6.21 | 6.69 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 6.6 |
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