Wind and solar energy at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

S. M. Shaahid; M. A. Elhadidy

doi:10.1016/0960-1481(94)90052-3

Wind and solar energy at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

S. M. Shaahid^*
, M. A. Elhadidy

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Hourly wind-speed data recorded at automatic solar radiation and meteorological monitoring station, Dhahran (26° 32' N, 50° 13' E), Saudi Arabia, has been analyzed to determine monthly wind power. The wind power is then compared with the monthly mean solar radiation energies for the period 1987-1990. The monthly average wind speeds for Dhahran range from 4.46 to 6.89 m/s while the solar radiation varies from 3.46 to 7.43 kWhr/m³/day. The annual maximum attainable wind power potential per unit area of the wind stream is 543 kWhr/m²/year and the annual solar potential per unit area of the earth surface is 2.03 MWhr/m²/year.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	441-445
Number of pages	5
Journal	Renewable Energy
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0960-1481(94)90052-3
State	Published - Jun 1994

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Acknowledgement--This work is part of the KFUPM/RI project no. 12011 supported by the Research Institute of the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

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