Riyadh Wind Power Storage

Saudi Arabia, spanning about 2.2 million km², includes many remote villages not connected to the power grid and reliant on diesel generators (DG). DGs, however, incur high maintenance and operational costs. Solar and wind generators, combined with DGs or energy storage systems (ESS), offer cost-effective and sustainable alternatives 5.

In such a case, WTs would only produce small amounts of energy, so a hybrid system with solar power would be more effective to meet energy demands. Weibull probability density function for Al-Baha. Figure 8 shows a peak at 4 m/s, with a significant distribution around this value, it indicates that Al-Baha has moderate wind energy potential.

The WTs will generate power most efficiently at this wind speed, but the overall wind energy output will be lower than in regions with higher peak wind speeds. A HRES integrating wind with solar and storage technologies could optimize energy production in this region.

While this level of wind resource is not ideal for large-scale WT applications, it may be suitable for smaller, stand-alone energy systems, such as battery charging, mechanical applications like water pumping, and hybrid systems incorporating wind, solar, batteries, and DGs.

As depicted in Fig. 9, the Weibull distribution for Arar demonstrates peak wind speeds generally below 6.8 m/s, confirming its classification as a low-wind energy resource region.

In 2011, Saudi Arabia established the King Abdullah City for Atomic and RE (K. A. CARE) to develop a strategic energy supply plan, targeting 16 GWp of photovoltaic (PV) panel capacity by 2032 4. Saudi Arabia, spanning about 2.2 million km², includes many remote villages not connected to the power grid and reliant on diesel generators (DG).