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Abstract
is thesis presents an application of geographic information systems (GIS)
to the site selection of wind farms. The proposed methodology exploits the
extensive capabilities of GIS software in analyzing several forms databases
especially maps.
Throughout this work, the data collection process has spanned several data
sources including maps, the Egyptian wind atlas, the unified grid data, etc. The
constraints applied in wind farm planning have been presented in the form of
GIS layers and a sequential filtering procedure was utilized to clip out the
unsuitable sites. The main constraints for wind farm site selection applied to this
work are: wind speed, national electricity grid, main roads, land height, urban
areas, and Airport locations, historical places, ports, water network, and oil lines
and Petrol tanks.
In addition of using GIS for wind farm site selection, the effect of a proposed
wind farm connection to the unified grid has been studied using ETAP software
regarding load flow and short circuit. For these studies, the Canal Zone and red
sea shore area have been modeled. The existing and proposed wind farms have
also been presented through a machine level model.