Wind turbine power evaluation based on performance and cost factors

Abstract

The efficiency of renewable energy system using wind is normally affected by several factors. The work in this paper focuses only on two of these factors: performance and cost. Three locations in three different big cities in Iraq were taken in a comparison. The anemometer height played an important role in this comparison. The comparison based on anemometer height results. Three different heights were taken. These are 9, 5, and 3 meters. As a performance, the simulation results show an effective output power at Amarah city. It was around 355kW using Northern Power wind turbine with anemometer height of 9 meters. According to cost, the lowest was at Nasiriyah city with anemometer height of 5 meters.