Table 2

International Wind Power Classification

30m Height

Class

Resource
Potential

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Marginal
Moderate
Good
Excellent
-

Wind Speed
m/s
0 - 5.1
5.1 - 5.9
5.9 - 6.5
6.5 - 7.0
7.0 - 7.4
7.4 - 8.2
8.2 - 11.0

Wind Power
W/m2
0 - 160
160 - 240
240 - 320
320 - 400
400 - 480
480 - 640
640 - 1600

50m Height
Wind Speed
m/s
0 - 5.6
5.6 - 6.4
6.4 - 7.0
7.0 - 7.5
7.5 - 8.0
8.0 - 8.8
8.8 - 11.9

Wind Power
W/m2
0 - 200
200 - 300
300 - 400
400 - 500
500 - 600
600 - 800
800 - 2000

weibull distribution using shape K and scale C parameters

K

C
2

MODE
5.66
Avg (1.13)
7.08
Avg (Gamma)
7.090

Vi
8

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47

P(Vi)
0.00
0.03
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.11
0.11
0.10
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
99.60070
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
99.73540
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
99.73913
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00 99.73917491
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

weibull pdf between K & C

0.12
0.10
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0.00
1

11 13 15 17

k
5

1/k
2

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

0.5

1+1/k
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2
2.1

11
6
4.333333
3.5
3
2.666667
2.428571
2.25
2.111111
2
1.909091
1.833333
1.769231
1.714286
1.666667
1.625
1.588235
1.555556
1.526316
1.5
1.47619

48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99

0.00
0.00
0.00 99.73917491
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41

2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
5

1.454545
1.434783
1.416667
1.4
1.384615
1.37037
1.357143
1.344828
1.333333
1.322581
1.3125
1.30303
1.294118
1.285714
1.277778
1.27027
1.263158
1.25641
1.25
1.243902
1.238095
1.232558
1.227273
1.222222
1.217391
1.212766
1.208333
1.204082
1.2

100

0.00 99.73917491

between K & C

17 19 21 23 25

1-1/k
0.5

(1-1/k)^1/k mode
avg
0.707
3.536
4.431

mean
mode
G(1+1/k) (1-1/k)^(1/k) C
3628800 3.487E+09
120
-1024
9.26
#NUM!
3.32
#NUM!
2.00
1
1.50
#NUM!
1.27
#NUM!
1.13
#NUM!
1.05
#NUM!
1.00
0.00
0.96
0.11
0.94
0.22
0.92
0.32
0.91
0.41
0.90
0.48
0.90
0.54
0.89
0.59
0.89
0.64
0.89
0.67
0.89
0.71
0.89
0.73

mean
mode
7 25401600 24407490807
840.00
-7168
64.82
#NUM!
23.26
#NUM!
14.00
7
10.53
#NUM!
8.86
#NUM!
7.93
#NUM!
7.37
#NUM!
7.00
0.00
6.75
0.79
6.58
1.57
6.47
2.27
6.38
2.86
6.32
3.37
6.28
3.79
6.25
4.15
6.23
4.46
6.21
4.72
6.20
4.95
6.20
5.14

effect of increasing 'K' on Me

8.00
7.00
6.00

0.89
0.89
0.89
0.89
0.89
0.89
0.89
0.89
0.89
0.89
0.90
0.90
0.90
0.90
0.90
0.90
0.90
0.91
0.91
0.91
0.91
0.91
0.91
0.91
0.91
0.91
0.92
0.92
0.92

0.76
0.78
0.80
0.82
0.83
0.84
0.85
0.86
0.87
0.88
0.89
0.90
0.90
0.91
0.91
0.92
0.92
0.93
0.93
0.93
0.94
0.94
0.94
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.96

6.20
6.20
6.21
6.21
6.22
6.22
6.23
6.24
6.25
6.26
6.27
6.28
6.29
6.30
6.31
6.32
6.33
6.34
6.34
6.35
6.36
6.37
6.38
6.39
6.40
6.40
6.41
6.42
6.43

5.31
5.46
5.59
5.71
5.81
5.90
5.98
6.05
6.12
6.17
6.23
6.27
6.32
6.36
6.39
6.43
6.46
6.49
6.51
6.54
6.56
6.58
6.60
6.62
6.64
6.65
6.67
6.68
6.69

6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00

of increasing 'K' on Mean & Mode

mean

mode

weibull distribution using Average wind speed & st. dev.

Avg V

st. dev
4.54

C (1.13)
5.1302

rho
1.225
power density C1
71
power density C2
74

K
3 1.57

C
5.05

Vi

P(Vi)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47

0
0.114173
0.145169
0.148579
0.136053
0.1155
0.092473
0.070518
0.05155
0.036286
0.024676
0.016254
0.010392
0.006459
0.003909
0.002306
0.001327
0.000746
0.00041
0.00022
0.000116
5.97E-05
3.02E-05
1.49E-05
7.25E-06
3.45E-06
1.61E-06
7.41E-07
3.34E-07
1.48E-07
6.46E-08
2.77E-08
1.17E-08
4.83E-09
1.97E-09
7.9E-10
3.12E-10
1.21E-10
4.65E-11
1.75E-11
6.52E-12
2.39E-12
8.62E-13
3.07E-13
1.08E-13
3.72E-14
1.27E-14
4.27E-15

using Average wind speed &

0.16
0.14
0.12
0.1
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
1

97.71168

97.72324

97.72353

97.72353

48
49
50

1.41E-15
4.63E-16
1.5E-16 97.72353

using Average wind speed & st. dev

11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25

Vi
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Bonus 600/44 Nordex 43/600

power curve power curve
0
0
0
0
0
0
3.9
2
21.2
17
49.3
45
83.2
72
130.7
124
202
196
280.8
277
361.3
364
433.7
444
498.6
533
548.1
584
577.3
618
596
619
610
618
606.9
619
593.4
620
571.3
610
545.6
594
524.7
592
510
590
500.7
580
478.7
575
457.7
570
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Bonus 600/44
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
0

10

15

20

25

30

25

30

Nordex 43/600
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
0

10

15

20

Power Density

900.00

800.00

700.00

600.00

500.00

400.00

300.00

200.00

100.00

0.00

10

output bonus 2

15

20
Betz's Law

25

30
power density

weibull distribution
0.6000

0.5000

0.4000

0.3000

0.2000

0.1000

0.0000
0

10

12

14

Series1

16

18

20

22

24

Nordex
43/600
output
bonus 2
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.09
1.12
9.89
61.26
208.04
133.55
0.36
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
414.30
273

Betz's
excel
power of power
Law
weibull
each
density
power curve
Binning
P(Vi)
0.00
0 0.0000 0.0000
0.0
0.00
0
0.00
1 0.0000 0.0000
0.6
0.00
0
0.00
2 0.0000 0.0000
4.7
0.00
0
0.00
3 0.0000 0.0000
15.8
0.00
2
0.00
4 0.0000 0.0000
37.6
0.00
17
0.00
5 0.0000 0.0000
73.4
0.00
45
0.00
6 0.0001 0.0001
126.8
0.01
72
0.08
7 0.0007 0.0007
201.3
0.14
124
1.03
8 0.0058 0.0058
300.5
1.74
196
9.32
9 0.0367 0.0367
427.9
15.72
277
61.54
10 0.1769 0.1769
587.0
103.85
364
231.73
11 0.5005 0.5005
781.3
391.05
444
167.99
12 0.2795 0.2795 1014.3
283.49
533
0.53
13 0.0007 0.0007 1289.6
0.89
584
0.00
14 0.0000 0.0000 1610.7
0.00
618
0.00
15 0.0000 0.0000 1981.1
0.00
619
0.00
16 0.0000 0.0000 2404.4
0.00
618
0.00
17 0.0000 0.0000 2883.9
0.00
619
0.00
18 0.0000 0.0000 3423.4
0.00
620
0.00
19 0.0000 0.0000 4026.2
0.00
610
0.00
20 0.0000 0.0000 4696.0
0.00
594
0.00
21 0.0000 0.0000 5436.2
0.00
592
0.00
22 0.0000 0.0000 6250.4
0.00
590
0.00
23 0.0000 0.0000 7142.0
0.00
580
0.00
24 0.0000 0.0000 8114.7
0.00
575
0.00
25 0.0000 0.0000 9171.9
0.00
570
0.00
26 0.0000 0.0000 10317.1
0.00
0.00
27 0.0000 0.0000 11553.9
0.00
0.00
28 0.0000 0.0000 12885.8
0.00
0.00
29 0.0000 0.0000 14316.3
0.00
0.00
30 0.0000 0.0000 15849.0
0.00
31 0.0000 0.0000 17487.3
0.00
32 0.0000 0.0000 19234.8
0.00
33 0.0000 0.0000 21095.0
0.00
34 0.0000 0.0000 23071.4
0.00
35 0.0000 0.0000 25167.6
0.00
36 0.0000 0.0000 27387.1
0.00
37 0.0000 0.0000 29733.3
0.00
38 0.0000 0.0000 32209.9
0.00
39 0.0000 0.0000 34820.3
0.00
Turbine KW
40 0.0000 0.0000 37568.0
0.00
Rotor Dia.
797
area %
100
100
797
input
797 power output W/m^2
KWh/m^2/year

output
Nordex
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.09
1.13
10.18
64.40
222.23
148.96
0.40
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

600
43
Nordex
output
295
2589

KWh/year
Capacity Factor
scale C
shape K Air Temp
11.35 16.85 27.29
Air Density
1.174

KWh/month
KWh/year
KWh/year

Bonus
Nordex
a)
b)

Binning
Calm
1<x<=2
2<x<=3
3<x<=4
4<x<=5
5<x<=6
6<x<=7
7<x<=8
8<x<=9
9<x<=10
10<x<=11
11<x<=12
12<x<=13
13<x<=14
14<x<=15
15<x<=16
16<x<=17
17<x<=18
18<x<=19
18<x<=20
x>20
Total

3758560
71%

input
797
797

output
273
295

If we multiply the power of each wind speed with the probability of each wind speed from the Weibull graph, we ha
The area under the curve (all the way to the axis at the bottom) gives us the amount of wind power per square me

Vi
50m(Hour)
R.F.
1
0.0
0.00
2
0.0
0.00
3
0.0
0.00
4
0.0
0.00
5
0.0
0.00
6
0.0
0.00
7
0.0
0.00
8
0.0
0.00
9
0.0
0.00
10
24.0
0.33
11
24.0
0.33
12
24.0
0.33
13
0.0
0.00
14
0.0
0.00
15
0.0
0.00
16
0.0
0.00
17
0.0
0.00
18
0.0
0.00
19
0.0
0.00
20
0.0
0.00
21
0.0
0.00
72.0 Avg V=
c=
Variance=
Stddev=
k=

R.F*Vi RF*Vi*Vi Weibul50 outputs

0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.01
0
0.00
0.00
0.04
0
3.33
33.33
0.18
8736
3.67
40.33
0.50
10656
4.00
48.00
0.28
12792
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
11.00 121.67
1.0
32184
11.35 Gamma=
0.92
0.67
Pwr Density=
828.06
3

0.5*r*V
0.82
16.85

815.24

Bonus
600/44
power
curve
0
0
0
3.9
21.2
49.3
83.2
130.7
202
280.8
361.3
433.7
498.6
548.1
577.3
596
610
606.9
593.4
571.3
545.6
524.7
510
500.7
478.7
457.7

output Bonus
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.005
0.091
1.168
10.318
63.919
217.073
139.349
0.378
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000

600
44
Bonus
output
273
2390

4944.00
4952.00
4960.00
14856.00

Month
jan
feb
mar
apr
may
jun

Days
31
28
31
30
31
30

3631770
69%
Days
3
365.25
365
C.F.
69%
0.71

jul
aug
sep
oct
nov
dec
Annual

29,830
3,631,770
3,629,284

31
31
30
31
30
31
365

KWh/month
29,830
30,871

peed from the Weibull graph, we have calculated the distribution of wind energy at different wind speeds = the power density
mount of wind power per square metre wind flow we may expect at this particular site

250.00

200.00

150.00

100.00

50.00

0.00

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
output Nordex 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 1.13 10.1 64.4 222. 148. 0.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
50m(Hour)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0 24.0 24.0 24.0 0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

= the power density

18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0