WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL FOR POWER GENERATION OF A LOCAL SITE IN GUSAU, NIGERIA
This study was used to evaluate the wind energy potential of a meteorological site in Gusau, the
capital city of Zamfara state, in Nigeria. Twenty-one years (1987–2007) of three-hourly monthly
mean wind data from the Nigeria Meteorological Department were assessed and subjected to
two-parameter Weibull and other statistical analyses to determine the resource potential of the
site for...
Oluseyi O. Ajayi, R.O. Fagbenle, James Katende, Joshua O. Okeniyi, and O.A. Omotosho