Estimación del recurso eólico dentro del área de concesión de la Empresa Eléctrica Quito para una posible instalación de una central de generación eléctrica – análisis de alternativas de implementación y estimación del precio de la energía producida.

Abstract

The development of this project is based on the statistical analysis of wind measurements and data collected by Empresa Electrica Quito, with the aim of obtaining real information that supports a possible installation of a wind power plant, considering the regulations and standards applied in the development of non-conventional alternative energy projects.

The statistical analysis allows us to know the general behavior of wind based on the probability distributions and density functions used.

Five wind turbine alternatives were presented as the ones with the best conditions in the histogram of estimated wind probabilities.

Within the present project, three alternatives of connection point and transmission line routes between the wind farm and the connection point were established, considering technical, environmental and economic aspects. Simulations were carried out between the connection of the wind plant with the National Interconnected System, with the aim of knowing how the system behaves in the event of failures. This study was complemented by an analysis of financial indicators that allows us to know the feasibility of the project, which ensures a return on investment through the income produced by the calculated energy cost.