Wind Speed and Energy Distributions - Wind and Solar Power Systems - page 59

FIGURE 4-20
U.S. utilities gaining experience in developing wind power generation projects. (Source: Wind
energy program overview, DOE Report No. 10095-071, March 1995.)

Figure 4-26 shows that areas suitable for stand-alone remote wind farms are
widespread, and include about one-half of Mexico.

4.8.6 India

The wind speed measurement stations in India have been in operation since
early 1980 at numerous locations. Sites with high wind speeds are shown in
Figure 4-27 , and their annual mean speed listed in Table 4-5 . The data has
been collected at 10-m or 25-m tower heights as indicated. 7 It is seen that
most of these sites have the annual mean wind speed exceeding 18 km/h,
which generally makes the wind power plant economically viable. The states
with high wind potentials are Tamilnadu, Gujarat ( Figure 4-28 ) and Andhra
Pradesh.