Review of Turkey's current energy status: A case study for wind energy potential of Çanakkale province

Çanakkale province that has more than 10% of the country's total installed wind power has been presently chosen for the case study. In the present study, hourly time-series wind data recorded from the year 2000 to 2005 at a height of 10 m in Çanakkale city centre and Bozcaada, an island in the Aegean Sea belonging to the Çanakkale province, has been statistically analysed. Overall, Bozcaada, with an annual mean density value higher than 350 W/m2, offers a much higher wind potential than the former location, indicating sufficient wind potential for large scale electricity generation. The mean power density value in the northeastern direction is highest for the typical year in Bozcaada with a value of 901.6 W/m2, while the directional power density distribution shows that over 60% of the wind energy comes from the band between northern and northeastern directions.