Baseer, Mohammed AbdulMeyer, Josua P.Alam, Md. MahbubRehman, Shafiqur2015-09-102015-09-102015-08Baseer, MA, Meyer, JP, Alam, MM & Rehman, S 2015, 'Wind speed and power characteristics for Jubail industrial city, Saudi Arabia', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 52, pp. 1193-1204.1364-0321 (print)1879-0690 (online)10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.109http://hdl.handle.net/2263/49774This paper presents the wind characteristics and resource assessment of the largest industrial base in the Middle East (Jubail industrial city) using measured hourly mean wind speed data at 10, 50 and 90 m above ground level (AGL) from 2008 to 2012. At respective heights, the mean wind speeds were found to be 3.34, 4.79 and 5.35 m/s. At 50 and 90 m AGL, the availability of wind speed above 3.5 m/s was more than 75%. The prevailing wind direction was from the north-west. The local wind shear exponent calculated using measured wind speed values at three heights was found to be 0.217. The mean wind power density values at measurement heights were 50.92, 116.03 and 168.46 W/m2 respectively. The comparison of energy output from five commercially selected wind turbines of rated power ranging from 1.8 – 3.3 MW showed that the most efficient wind turbine is 3.0 MW rated power. The annual energy production from this turbine was estimated to be 6,285 MWh with a plant capacity factor of 25%.en© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews . Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 52, pp. 1193-1204, 2015. doi :10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.109.Wind speedWind roseWeibull parametersFrequency distributionWind shear exponentCapacity factorEngineering, built environment and information technology articles SDG-07SDG-07: Affordable and clean energyEngineering, built environment and information technology articles SDG-09SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructureEngineering, built environment and information technology articles SDG-13SDG-13: Climate actionPostprint Article