Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the Philippines - NREL

6.3 APPROACH.......................................................................................................................................... 38
6.4 MAPPING REGIONS ............................................................................................................................. 39
6.5 MAPPING RESULTS ............................................................................................................................. 39
6.5.1 Batanes and Babuyan................................................................................................................. 39
6.5.2 Northern Luzon .......................................................................................................................... 40
6.5.3 Central Luzon............................................................................................................................. 40
6.5.4 Mindoro, Southern Luzon, Romblon, and Marinduque.............................................................. 41
6.5.5 Southeastern Luzon, Catanduanes and Masbate........................................................................ 42
6.5.6 Samar and Leyte......................................................................................................................... 43
6.5.7 Panay, Negros, Cebu, and Siquijor............................................................................................ 43
6.5.8 Northern Mindanao and Bohol .................................................................................................. 44
6.5.9 Southern Mindanao .................................................................................................................... 45
6.5.10 Western Mindanao and Basilan ............................................................................................... 45
6.5.11 Northern Palawan .................................................................................................................... 45
6.5.12 Southern Palawan .................................................................................................................... 46
6.5.13 Sulu, Basilan, and Tawi-Tawi .................................................................................................. 46
7.0 WIND ELECTRIC POTENTIAL…………………………………………………………………... 87
7.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 87
7.2 WIND ELECTRIC POTENTIAL ESTIMATES ............................................................................................ 87
REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………………………………... 91
APPENDIX A DATA SUMMARIES—NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION SITES
APPENDIX B ANALYSIS SUMMARIES—SELECTED SITES FROM DATSAV2 DATA
FILES
APPENDIX C ANALYSIS SUMMARIES—UPPER-AIR STATIONS
APPENDIX D WIND SPEED AND WIND POWER DENSITY COMPUTED FROM
SATELLITE OCEAN WIND DATA
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