Szewczuk, S2010-12-082010-12-082010-08Szewczuk, S. Wind atlas for South Africa: wind measurements and micro-scale modelling. 7th International Conference on the Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy (ICUE), Newlands, Cape Town, 11-12 August 2010, pp 187-193978-0-98-14311-3-0http://hdl.handle.net/10204/46247th International Conference on the Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy (ICUE), Newlands, Cape Town, 11-12 August 2010Africa is intended to accelerate the investment in wind energy in South Africa. This is in line with government’s objectives of reducing green house gases and diversifying our energy supply and also developing human capacity to support the emerging industry. The Wind Atlas can find applications is at least two areas, namely to assist in the development of large grid connected wind farms and to provide more accurate wind resource data to identify potential offgrid electrification opportunities. This paper will discuss the wind atlas method, provide an overview of the wind resource in South Africa, wind measurements that are being undertaken as well as the micro-scale modelling that is planned to be done as part of the Wind Atlas for South Africa project.enWind atlasWind resourceWind measurementMicro-scale modellingEnergyConference PresentationSzewczuk, S. (2010). Wind atlas for South Africa: wind measurements and micro-scale modelling. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4624Szewczuk, S. "Wind atlas for South Africa: wind measurements and micro-scale modelling." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4624Szewczuk S, Wind atlas for South Africa: wind measurements and micro-scale modelling; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4624 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Szewczuk, S AB - Africa is intended to accelerate the investment in wind energy in South Africa. This is in line with government’s objectives of reducing green house gases and diversifying our energy supply and also developing human capacity to support the emerging industry. The Wind Atlas can find applications is at least two areas, namely to assist in the development of large grid connected wind farms and to provide more accurate wind resource data to identify potential offgrid electrification opportunities. This paper will discuss the wind atlas method, provide an overview of the wind resource in South Africa, wind measurements that are being undertaken as well as the micro-scale modelling that is planned to be done as part of the Wind Atlas for South Africa project. DA - 2010-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Wind atlas KW - Wind resource KW - Wind measurement KW - Micro-scale modelling KW - Energy LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 SM - 978-0-98-14311-3-0 T1 - Wind atlas for South Africa: wind measurements and micro-scale modelling TI - Wind atlas for South Africa: wind measurements and micro-scale modelling UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4624 ER -