The Estimation of the Parameters of the Weibull Wind Speed Distribution for Wind Energy Utilization Purposes

This paper deals with methods for estimating the parameters of the Weibull wind speed distribution from a given set of wind speed data. Of the five methods presented, two are selected for wind energy evaluation studies: one uses Weibull probability paper, the other so-called percentiles. For a comparison both methods have been applied to the data from six meteorological stations. The simple graphical method using Weibull probability paper is preferred to that employing percentile estimators.