Creation of wind speed maps of Kirklareli City

Abstract

Wind energy has been an important element in our country's energy policy. According to the report of Turkish Wind Energy Association (TUREB), while the share of wind power plants in electricity production in Turkey in 2018 is 6.78%, with newly established wind power plants, it was 7.42% in 2019. The most important problem for the newly established wind power plants is that the wind energy estimation of the place where the plant will be established is unknown. In this study, a study was carried out to create wind maps of Kırklareli province. Wind maps of Kırklareli province were created for estimation of new plant locations. The average wind speed data obtained from the 10 meter height wind stations were obtained from the General Directorate of Meteorology and then the wind speed data were moved to 80 and 100 meters height, and wind speed maps were created at 80 and 100 meters height.