<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article discusses some aspects of the use of renewable energy sources in the climatic conditions prevailing in most of the territory of Latvia, with relatively low wind speeds and a small number of sunny days a year. The paper gives a brief description of the measurement equipment and technology to determine the parameters of the outer air; the results of the measurements are also analysed. On the basis of the data obtained during the last two years at the meteorological station at the Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia, the energy potential of solar radiation and wind was estimated. The values of the possible and the actual amount of produced energy were determined.</p></abstract>

The article discusses some aspects of the use of renewable energy sources in the climatic conditions prevailing in most of the territory of Latvia, with relatively low wind speeds and a small number of sunny days a year. The paper gives a brief description of the measurement equipment and technology to determine the parameters of the outer air; the results of the measurements are also analysed. On the basis of the data obtained during the last two years at the meteorological station at the Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia, the energy potential of solar radiation and wind was estimated. The values of the possible and the actual amount of produced energy were determined.

The Potential of Renewable Energy Sources in Latvia

E.A.Buketov, Karaganda State University, 28 Universitetskaya Str., Karaganda, 100028, KAZAKHSTAN

Laboratory for Mathematical Modelling of Technological and Environmental Processes, University of Latvia, 8 Zellu Str., Riga, LV-1002, LATVIA

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The article discusses some aspects of the use of renewable energy sources in the climatic conditions prevailing in most of the territory of Latvia, with...

The Potential of Renewable Energy Sources in Latvia

Published Online: Mar 17, 2016

Page range: 3 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/lpts-2016-0001

Keywords
Betz-Zhukovsky criterion, intensity of solar radiation, potential, renewable energy resources, wind speed

© 2016 S. Sakipova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Potential of Renewable Energy Sources in Latvia

Published Online: Mar 17, 2016

Page range: 3 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/lpts-2016-0001

KeywordsBetz-Zhukovsky criterion, intensity of solar radiation, potential, renewable energy resources, wind speed

© 2016 S. Sakipova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Betz-Zhukovsky criterion, intensity of solar radiation, potential, renewable energy resources, wind speed