TY  - JOUR
T1  - Turbine Selection and Estimates of Unit Cost of Wind Generated Electricity in Kano, Nigeria
AU - Aidan, Joseph 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SP  - 227
EP  - 230
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2011.227.230
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2011.227.230
KW  - turbine
KW  -Wind power potemtial
KW  -investment cost
KW  -electricity
KW  -power
KW  -station
KW  -utility scale
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - An assessment study on the wind power potential of Kano has been made. It has been shown that the wind speed distribution of Kano is very suitable and economical for utility-scale power generation. At a height ≥80 m, a Neg Micon NM 82 turbine may generate at least 40% of its installed capacity at any particular instance. A utility-scale wind farm made of 20 Neg Micon NM 82 wind turbines installed at 100 m in Kano may generate about 338,400 kw h of electricity daily and can service about 112,800 homes each consuming at most, 3 kw h of electricity daily. With this generation capacity such a wind farm can recover its investment cost within its lifetime at competitive unit costs of electricity with those supplies from the fossil fired power stations. Hence, the possibility of wind generated electricity in Nigeria.
ER  -