Evaluation of efficiency of wind power plants operation in wind conditions of the Northern Black Sea region of Ukraine

Abstract

The article presents the results of many years’ experience of industrial operation of wind power plants (WPPs) of the Ochakiv Wind Park. In the course of the research a parametric model of WPP performance was developed; factors influencing the performance of wind power plants in Ukraine were analysed; modern methods of economic and mathematical modelling were studied and appropriate ones were selected to assess the efficiency of WPP operation in wind conditions of the Northern Black Sea region of Ukraine; an algorithm for solving the problem of efficient operation of WPPs in Ukraine has been developed; grounding on six years’ studies of results of the Ochakiv WPP operation in Ukraine unique databases have been created; a model of correlation between the capacity of wind power plant (WPP) FL 2500-100 and wind speed in the Northern Black Sea region of Ukraine was developed; the obtained results were interpreted and conclusions were made based on the parametric model of WPP performance taking into account the specific external factors of the Northern Black Sea region of Ukraine.