Despite the long shoreline of Oman, the wind energy industry is still confined to onshore due to the lack of knowledge about offshore wind potential. A spatial-temporal wind data analysis is performed in this research to find the locations in Oman’s territorial seas with the highest potential for offshore wind energy. Thus, wind data are statistically analyzed for assessing wind characteristics. Statistical analysis of wind data include the wind power density, and Weibull scale and shape factors. In addition, there is an estimation of the possible energy production and capacity factor by three commercial offshore wind turbines suitable for 80 up to a 110 m hub height. The findings show that offshore wind turbines can produce at least 1.34 times more energy than land-based and nearshore wind turbines. Additionally, offshore wind turbines generate more power in the Omani peak electricity demand during the summer. Thus, offshore wind turbines have great advantages over land-based wind turbines in Oman. Overall, this work provides guidance on the deployment and production of offshore wind energy in Oman. A thorough study using bankable wind data along with various logistical considerations would still be required to turn offshore wind potential into real wind farms in Oman.

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阿曼全境海上风能资源评估：时空数据分析

尽管阿曼的海岸线漫长，但由于对海上风电潜力的了解不足，风能行业仍局限于陆上。在这项研究中进行了时空风数据分析，以发现阿曼领海中离岸风能潜力最大的位置。因此，对风数据进行统计分析以评估风特征。风能数据的统计分析包括风能密度，威布尔尺度和形状因子。此外，据估计，适用于80到110 m轮毂高度的三台商用海上风力涡轮机可能产生的能量和容量因数。研究结果表明，海上风力涡轮机的发电量至少比陆地和近岸风力涡轮机的发电量高出1.34倍。此外，夏季，海上风力涡轮机将在阿曼高峰用电需求中产生更多电力。因此，海上风力涡轮机比阿曼的陆上风力涡轮机具有很大的优势。总体而言，这项工作为阿曼海上风能的部署和生产提供了指导。为了将海上风能转化为阿曼的真正风电场，仍然需要使用可存储的风能数据以及各种后勤方面的考虑进行彻底的研究。