Denny Widhiyanuriyawan, Nurkholis Hamidi, Sugiarto, Triyanna Widhiyaningtyas
This research was to investigate on the potential offshore wind energy resources in Indonesia by using wind speed data from the microwave scatterometer SeaWinds onboard QuikSCAT. The 10m-height wind speed from QuikSCAT data which operated (during August 1999 to November 2009) used for assessment the potential of wind energy. Based on the satellite data, the mean of wind speed in Southern of Java and Arafuru Sea show 6-7 m/s, while the southern of Kalimantan, southern of Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara show 5-6 m/s. Based on the anomaly data from 11 years (operated time of QuikSCAT) the southern region of Indonesia Java to Nusa Tenggara, Arafuru Sea have a huge potential of wind energy. Indonesia hopes that wind energy power has an important role for renewable energy development.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang East Java, Jl. MT. Haryono 167, Indonesia; Department of Electrical Engineering, Malang University, Malang East Java, JL. Semarang 5, Indonesia
