Assessments of Wind-Energy Potential in Selected Sites from Three Geopolitical Zones in Nigeria: Implications for Renewable/Sustainable Rural Electrification

Table 3

Annual and all-year simulations of electric-power output at various turbine hub heights in the study sites.

Location	Period	= 10 m		= 30 m		= 50 m		= 70 m		= 90 m		h = 110 m
		(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)
Katsina	2006	594.15	595.16	892.36	668.21	1160.14	671.11	1426.30	651.17	1698.98	622.03	1982.01	589.36
	2007	770.20	631.02	1132.89	652.48	1450.87	629.56	1761.74	596.39	2075.95	560.97	2398.30	526.11
	2008	451.36	542.15	740.06	687.38	1017.79	722.66	1307.77	713.84	1617.06	684.67	1949.45	646.34
	2009	434.31	510.50	662.90	639.88	872.75	684.04	1084.56	691.52	1304.28	679.83	1534.82	657.70
	2010	358.94	429.31	515.11	555.42	654.10	619.67	791.08	652.84	930.40	666.70	1074.09	667.82
	All-year	522.29	559.58	778.56	654.69	1008.66	675.01	1237.29	667.53	1471.43	647.05	1714.38	620.28
Warri	2006	72.84	98.82	118.44	164.35	164.63	230.60	214.57	300.90	269.40	374.27	329.85	447.98
	2007	114.93	151.77	176.57	238.51	236.08	319.68	298.19	398.27	364.41	472.06	435.56	538.36
	2008	119.20	149.09	169.11	217.26	215.11	278.74	261.43	337.98	309.34	394.84	359.47	448.29
	2009	137.64	171.08	193.47	246.69	244.41	313.05	295.32	374.93	347.67	432.23	402.16	484.14
	2010	127.99	161.31	183.15	236.80	234.12	304.36	285.56	368.42	338.86	428.54	394.73	483.54
	All-year	107.96	139.16	159.66	211.08	208.60	277.97	258.89	343.80	311.81	407.78	368.02	468.16
Calabar	2006	65.52	90.15	110.08	154.79	156.27	221.78	207.09	294.33	263.69	371.35	326.89	449.82
	2007	81.59	110.95	133.15	185.13	185.31	259.65	241.66	337.51	303.50	416.66	371.65	493.44
	2008	66.64	91.81	112.24	158.00	159.57	226.65	211.66	300.88	269.73	379.42	334.60	458.98
	2009	64.29	88.62	108.47	152.77	154.41	219.48	205.06	291.96	261.59	369.15	324.80	448.04
	2010	54.81	76.19	94.61	134.32	136.78	196.04	183.92	264.54	237.15	339.43	297.27	418.30
	All-year	61.72	85.33	104.94	148.21	150.15	214.04	200.22	286.01	256.30	363.19	319.22	442.65