Environmental and Socioeconomic Effects of Wind Energy Production the Case of Adama Ii Wind Farm
| dc.contributor.advisor | Abegaz, Assefa( PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tafesse, Getachew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-05T13:41:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-19T12:04:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-05T13:41:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-19T12:04:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Purpose of the study is to assess environmental and socio economic effects of wind energy production of Adama II wind farm. The data used for the study were collected from 77 sample respondents who were randomly selected from 1576 households by simple random sampling technique by lottery method and feedback of key respondents like the wind farm managers and some farmers were used. In addition to this, production data from the beginning of the power plant (March 23, 2014) up to July 31st, 2018 and topographic map and remote sensing image of the study area which was obtained from Ethiopian Geospatial information institute and climatic data from National Meteorology Agency was used for data analysis. The main findings of the study are. As 2000-2016 Land use land cover change shows the wind farm plant contribution in altering the land use pattern particularly in shrub and forest clearing and sharing farm land is negligible except in aggravating soil erosion in some farm lands, The standard distance between two consecutive wind turbine is kept by 76%, .During dry season when there is shortage of power due to erratic water problem, wind energy is used to compensate energy supply, with the introduction of wind farm the local community have got the following economic benefit like accesses to public transport, employing as daily laborers and guard during the construction and operation phase, growing red onion as cash crop, they have got compensation for the farm land that used for wind farm even if they have complaint about the amount of compensation, wind farm contribute its own part in reducing the amount of carbon that will penetrate in to the atmosphere, the area ( foot print ) that is used for wind turbine is very small which does not affect the farming activity including grazing unlike hydro power which requires a huge area. The major social problem seen in relation to establishment of wind farm in the local community is noise created by wind turbine and flicker effect seen as minor problem, about 94% of the local community do not benefited with electric light. Wood and animal dung and charcoal is used as fuel for cooking food. About 50 (65%) used solar panel as source of light and 23 (30%) uses others like kerosene lumps as a source of light, consultative meeting was not carried with the local community before the introduction of wind farm .Therefore ,it is suggested that, among other soil conservation measure, reduction of noise of wind turbine near to residential area and social institution like churches, schools ,health station, resolving the grievance of the local community in relation to compensation payment , looking the way for supplying electric power to the local community must get police attention for sustainability of the wind farm in the study area. Keywords: wind, wind energy, wind farm, wind turbine | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/19009 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | wind | en_US |
| dc.subject | wind energy | en_US |
| dc.subject | wind farm | en_US |
| dc.subject | wind turbine | en_US |
| dc.title | Environmental and Socioeconomic Effects of Wind Energy Production the Case of Adama Ii Wind Farm | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |