Assessing wind, solar, and wave energy sources in the southwest of Buenos Aires province (Argentina)

VITALE ALEJANDRO J; GENCHI SIBILA A.; PERILLO, GERARDO M. E.; GENCHI SIBILA A.; PERILLO, GERARDO M. E.; PICCOLO MARÍA C.; PICCOLO MARÍA C.; VITALE ALEJANDRO J

INVESTIGACIONES GEOGRAFICAS - BOL. INST. DE GEOGRAFIA

UNAM

Año: 2018

Identifying thepotential of renewable energy sources is of interest for energyplanning. The main goal of this study is to assess wind, solar andwave energy resources in the southwest of Buenos Aires Province(Argentina) in terms of their potential for electricity production,their relationship with electrical load demand, as well as the inte-gration between them. Data from four monitoring stations were used.In general, peak power levels were observed in the summer, coincidingwith the highest energy demand, reaching mean values up to 1.06 kW m-2 (wind at 30 m height), 0.56 kW m-2 (solar) and 4.60 kW m-1 (wave).The relationship between renewable sources at various time scales wasexplored through the Pearson correlation coefficient. wind and solarsources were highly and positively correla ted, meaning that thesecannot complement each other for combined exploitation. However, mostof the remaining source pairs, such as wind (continental/onshore)versus wave power, solar versus wave power, wind (offshore) versuswind (continental/onshore) power, and wind (offshore) versus solarpower, showed promising results for complementarity.p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 115%; }