Abstract
Abstract
The increased integration of wind power into
electric power systems presents new challenges for effective
planning and operation of these systems. The Weibull
distribution is a widely used distribution, especially for modelling
the random variable of wind speed. In this respect, the authors
present a comparative analysis of a number of methods used for
estimating Weibull parameters. Results for a real-world database
are presented in a case study format. The techniques require
historical wind speed data, collected over a particular time
interval, to establish the parameters of wind speed distribution
for a specific location, namely Cape Town, South Africa.