The following wind frequency distribution data were obtained in the month of January at a height of

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The following wind frequency distribution data were obtained in the month of January at a height of 10 m above an airport runway in Buffalo, New York. Calm: 2.0%; 0–5 kt: 5.3%; 5–12 kt: 40.1%; 12– 20 kt: 39.3%; >20 kt: 13.3% (1 knot = 0.514 m/s). Assume that the wind above 20 kt has an average value of 25 kt. Make a crude estimate of the power in the wind at 10 m. Is this a promising location for wind power based on the January data alone?

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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