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06 April 2020 | dataset

Wind Resource Assessment for the Pacific Island Countries - Tonga Islands

The paper presents an overview of the wind resource assessments carried out in Tonga Islands in the South Pacific region. The assessment was carried out in the mainland Tongatapu. The mean wind speed at 34m AGL of the Tongatapu site is analyzed as 4.5m/s and 4.54 m/s, respectively and the mean speed at 20m AGL is analyzed to be 3.63m/s and 3.45m/s respectively. The prevailing wind direction recorded for both the NRG 34m towers is south-east, which corresponds to the south-east trade winds. The WAsP analysis indicates a low wind speed regime.

keywords: USP, Tonga, wind resource assessment, monitoring, mapping, Tongatapu

Data and Resource

Field Value
Publisher Pacific Data Hub
Modified 24 June 2022
Release Date 06 April 2020
Source URL https://pacificdata.org/data/dataset/7fdb6031-3ab1-4c7e-8098-f1b3632c8bab
Identifier 7fdb6031-3ab1-4c7e-8098-f1b3632c8bab
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location Array
Relevant Countries Tonga
License Public
[Open Data]