Available Wind Energy Potential in Our Country and Application of Wind Energy in Agriculture

Abstract

Today, wind energetics is a modern, technically and technologically highly developed industry, with the biggest trend of development in the last decade (about 32%). In the entire today’s production of electric energy in the world, wind energy accounts for about 0.6%. However, judging by world trends, this percentage should reach a fantastic 20% in the next several decades. In this paper we analyze the availability of wind energy in Serbia and Montenegro. It is shown in this paper that the potential of wind energy in our country is about 20 TWh/year (~10 GW) whose activation would greatly enlarge already installed capacities, increase the diversity of types of energy sources and reduce the dependance on the importation of raw energy sources. In this way, wind generators could be used very successfully in agriculture.

Vetroenergetika danas predstavlja modernu, tehnički i tehnološki visokorazvijenu industriju sa najvećim trendom razvoja u poslednjoj deceniji (oko 32%). U ukupnoj proizvodnji električne energije u svetu energija vetra danas učestvuje sa oko 0,6%. Međutim, sudeći po svetskim trendovima ovaj procenat bi u narednih nekoliko decenija trebao da dostigne i fantastičnih 20%. U radu je analizirana raspoloživa energija vetra u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori i pokazano je da je vetar energetski resurs naše zemlje čiji potencijal iznosi oko 20 TWh/godini (~10 GW) i čijim aktiviranjem bi se značajno povećali instalisani kapaciteti i raznovrsnost energetskih resursa, smanjila zavisnost od uvoza sve skupljih energetskih sirovina (nafta, gas) i omogućila intenzivnija primena vetroenergije u poljoprivredi.