Comparison of Optimum Spline-Based Probability Density Functions to Parametric Distributions for the Wind Speed Data in Terms of Annual Energy Production

The common approach to wind energy feasibility studies is to use Weibull distribution for wind speed data to estimate the annual energy production (AEP). However, if the wind speed data has more than one mode in the probability density, the conventional distributions including Weibull fail to fit th...

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Main Authors: Munir Ali Elfarra, Mustafa Kaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/11/3190