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Potential Development of Offshore Wind Farm Using Wind Energy in Kuala
Terengganu
Mohamad Nizamuddin bin Mohd Rafi
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khalid bin Samo
Bachelor of Applied Science (Maritime Technology)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
The research site is located at 5.3296°N and 103.1370°E in east coast of Peninsular
Malaysia. Other European countries are already well known for its high development
of offshore wind farm using wind energy in producing sustainable energy. However,
in Kuala Terengganu, there is no development of offshore wind farm for optimizing
wind energy. This paper is mainly focused on optimizing wind energy in Kuala
Terengganu for potential development of offshore wind farm. The data for this paper
was obtained from Malaysia Meteorological Department which involving the speed of
wind and the direction of wind from year 2004 to 2007 and will be analyzed to
determine the monthly mean wind speed and wind energy potential. In conclusion,
the expected result from this research is able to obtain the graph of mean wind speed
and this is the first step towards the potential development of offshore wind farm.
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