Escalating fossil fuel prices, growing energy demand and the
increase in concerns for the environment have led mankind to look
for alternate energy sources which are sustainable, benign and
cost-effective. Wind energy is one of the solutions and for it to
be marketable and technically feasible, proper wind resource
assessment is to be done. This work analyzes wind data for
Vadravadra village in Gau Island, Fiji, carries out financial
analysis and uses HOMER to determine the optimum hybrid
configuration for this site. It has been established for Vadravadra
that (i) the annual average wind speed is 6.18 m/s, (ii) for 68 %
of the time in a year the wind speed exceeds 5 m/s, (iii) highest
wind speed is recorded in June and July, (iv) optimum wind turbine
is Fuhrlaender 30 kW wind turbine (FL-30), and (v) estimated annual
energy yield from FL-30 wind turbine is 60000 kWh. From HOMER
simulations, it has been found for Vadravadra that when a wind
turbine alone is installed at the site then the cost of energy
(COE) is F$1.32/kWh and when a wind diesel hybrid system is
considered the COE is F$1.44/kWh.
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