Wind Energy Potential Assessment and Wind Turbine Performance Investigation in the Cotonou Coast (Benin republic)

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dc.contributor.authorAza-Gnandji, Maurel Richy
dc.contributor.authorFIFATIN, François-Xavier
dc.contributor.authorDubas, Frédéric
dc.contributor.authorESPANET, CHRISTOPHE
dc.contributor.authorVIANOU, Antoine
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
dc.date.available2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a study of the monthly variability of wind energy potential at several heights and an investigation of the best fitting commercial wind turbine in the Cotonou coast (Benin Republic). The monthly Weibull parameters are calculated at 10 m and extrapolated at 30 and 50 m heights. The monthly Weibull wind power density and the wind speed carrying maximum energy are calculated at 10, 30 and 50 m. We showed that wind resource in the Cotonou coast is favorable for wind energy production at 30 and 50 m heights. The capacity factor of selected commercial wind turbines is calculated to investigate the best fitting wind turbine in the Cotonou coast. It turns out that Polaris 19-50 is the best fitting wind turbine in the selected turbines with a mean capacity factor of 0.49.
dc.identifier.doi10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.45.89
dc.identifier.otherBECDB-12827
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/11059
dc.language.isofr
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Engineering Research in Africa
dc.subjectCapacity factor
dc.subjectWeibull
dc.subjectWind energy
dc.subjectBenin républic
dc.titleWind Energy Potential Assessment and Wind Turbine Performance Investigation in the Cotonou Coast (Benin republic)
dc.typeArticle

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