Publications Victorian Urban Wind Resource Assessment
Victorian Urban Wind Resource Assessment
In June 2009, the The Victorian Urban Wind Resource Assessment undertaken by ATA for Sustainability Victoria was launched. This report looks at typical wind regimes at 10 sites within 25 kilometres of Melbourne’s CBD and comments on the suitability of urban locations for installation of micro wind turbines.
The research indicated that of 10 sites under consideration, only two were likely to be suitable for MWT installation. One of the sites was situated in a broad open area on the seashore in Williamstown and the other site on top of a large commercial building in Melbourne’s CBD. Levels of turbulence were found to be much greater at the CBD location. Neither of these sites could be described as a typical domestic location.
The gathered data suggests that common domestic sites are not likely to have sufficient available wind energy to make MWT use an attractive option.
It is recommended that further research in this area concentrate on establishing standards for measuring turbulence in urban environments, modelling the effects of turbulence parameters on MWT performance and verifying the accuracy of derived Weibull curves and manufacturer power curves in predicting MWT performance.
Go now to: Alternative Technology Association website - Domestic Wind Turbines Victorian Urban Wind Resource Assessment Report
