Site selection for offshore wind farms along the Indian coast
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Site selection for offshore wind farms along the Indian coast
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Creator |
Murali, R. Mani
Vidya, P.J. Modi, Poonam Kumar, Seelam Jaya |
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Offshore wind farms
Wind velocity West coast of India Clean energy GIS |
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Description |
1401-1406
This study deals with the location of the potential sites for offshore wind farms and also deals with the feasibility of installing offshore wind farms through scientific examination along the coast of India. Offshore wind energy is almost unexplored along the Indian coast. Potential and feasible regions need to be found and studied in detail. In this regard, few of the essential primary parameters such as bathymetry, wind velocity, proximity to the coast, ports, harbours, marine protected areas and marine sanctuaries were considered. Suitable sites for offshore wind farms were demarcated in a GIS environment. Weekly climatology (1999-2009) of wind speed was used to explore the seasonal wind potential. GIS analysis has brought out potential wind farms regions of 32,000 km2 in north east Arabian Sea (Off Mumbai and Off Ratnagiri) where bathymetry is in the range of 20 m to 75 m. Wind velocity ranges between 1.9 m/s to 10.2 m/s in these regions. The second potential site has been identified at off Mangalore with 6490 km2. The third prospective site is at Off Hooghly estuary. |
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Date |
2016-06-27T05:05:17Z
2016-06-27T05:05:17Z 2014-07 |
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Article
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0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/34460 |
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en_US
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Rights |
CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
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NISCAIR-CSIR, India
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Source |
IJMS Vol.43(7) [July 2014]
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