Open AccessApproaches to assessing the resource potential of Central Asia in a climatic resource-constrained environment
Author(s) -
В. В. Елистратов,
Inna Bogun,
Valeriia I. Kasina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/883/1/012162
Subject(s) - renewable energy , wind power , resource (disambiguation) , central asia , environmental economics , environmental resource management , government (linguistics) , central government , business , natural resource economics , environmental science , geography , computer science , engineering , local government , economics , international trade , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , electrical engineering
The object of research in the article is the methodology of evaluation and calculation of the wind energy resource for the design of wind power plants in Central Asia. This methodology is based on the approach for determining the wind resource in conditions of insufficient climate data developed by REC “RES” of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The energy industry of Central Asia, like the world energy industry, seeks to increase the use of facilities based on renewable energy sources, which is caused by several factors: environmental, economic, social, and so on. The global energy industry is implementing a “green” energy transition, largely due to government policy, thereby several strategies and decisions have been adopted in Central Asia. At the moment, the installed capacity of renewable energy sources in Central Asia is 13747 GW. The methodology for evaluation of wind energy resources has been developed, and a resource potential has been calculated in the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. The methodology includes a 3-level evaluation system and calculation in the WindPRO software. This methodology guarantees the accuracy of calculating the wind resource up to 90-95%.