Evaluation wind energy potential of Torbat-e Jam in Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran
In this research, the potential of wind power in Torbat-e Jam has been investigated consider the affecting factors of wind power efficiency. Due to the Binalood wind power plant in Neyshabur, the possibility of constructing a wind power plant in Torbat-e Jam has been evaluated by the comparison of wind speed in Torbat-e Jam and Neyshabur. Hence, the wind speed diagrams were firstly has drawn for both cities, from 2006 to 2016. The wind speeds in both cities were collected from the meteorological service, which used to create the diagrams on line -point form. Each point and line represents the monthly and daily average of the wind speed, respectively. Data were taken in three-hour period for eight times per a day. By analysing the wind speed in 32120 consecutive periods. It was determined that: the average wind speed in the Torbat-e Jam has always been higher than the largest wind speed in Neyshabur, since 2006. There fore, the results of this study show that the of Torbat-e Jam city has the potential of building a power plant in wind energy. Also, it would cause a significant impact in various sectors such as agriculture, climate change, and the prevention of environmental hazards.
