Szewczuk, SLennard, C2010-12-142010-12-142010-05Szewczuk, S and Lennard, C. 2010. Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA): Project overview and status. Wind Power Africa 2010, Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, 12-14 May 2010, pp 43http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4673Wind Power Africa 2010, Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, 12-14 May 2010The goal of the South African Wind Energy Programme (SAWEP) is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by thermal power in the national inter-connected system. SAWEP has six main expected outcomes: increased public sector incremental cost funding, initialising of green power funding, long-term policy and implementation framework for wind energy, assessment of wind resources, promotion of commercial wind energy development and the building of capacity and strengthened institutions. The wind resource assessment project is known as Wind Atlas for South Africa - WASA. This presentation discusses the wind atlas method; provides an overview of the current understanding of the wind resource in South Africa; and describes the wind measurements that are currently being undertaken as well as the micro-scale modelling that is planned as part of the WASA project.enWind atlasWind resourcesWind measurementsModellingWind powerWind Power Africa 2010Conference PresentationSzewczuk, S., & Lennard, C. (2010). Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA): Project overview and status - Wind Power Africa Conference 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4673Szewczuk, S, and C Lennard. "Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA): Project overview and status - Wind Power Africa Conference 2010." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4673Szewczuk S, Lennard C, Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA): Project overview and status - Wind Power Africa Conference 2010; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4673 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Szewczuk, S AU - Lennard, C AB - The goal of the South African Wind Energy Programme (SAWEP) is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by thermal power in the national inter-connected system. SAWEP has six main expected outcomes: increased public sector incremental cost funding, initialising of green power funding, long-term policy and implementation framework for wind energy, assessment of wind resources, promotion of commercial wind energy development and the building of capacity and strengthened institutions. The wind resource assessment project is known as Wind Atlas for South Africa - WASA. This presentation discusses the wind atlas method; provides an overview of the current understanding of the wind resource in South Africa; and describes the wind measurements that are currently being undertaken as well as the micro-scale modelling that is planned as part of the WASA project. DA - 2010-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Wind atlas KW - Wind resources KW - Wind measurements KW - Modelling KW - Wind power KW - Wind Power Africa 2010 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 T1 - Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA): Project overview and status - Wind Power Africa Conference 2010 TI - Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA): Project overview and status - Wind Power Africa Conference 2010 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4673 ER -