Capacity Factor Analysis for Some Wind Power Plants in the ？anakkale Region, One of the Important Transition Areas of Wind Energy

In recent years, in order to meet the rapidly increasing energy consumption, conventional energy sources have to be used more. Therefore, the interest in the clean, renewable, economic and environmental-friendly alternative energy sources has increased. In this context, ？anakkale province has very important position in terms of renewable energy sources, especially the wind energy potential. The capacity factor plays an important role in the determination of the important parameters of wind power plants such as the location selection and energy production efficiency. The capacity factor, which plays an important role in the selection of the type of power plant to be established, is defined as the ratio of the energy produced by the power plant in a certain period to the energy that will be produced when the plant is operating at full capacity. Besides the capacity factor and energy source, the design of the power plant, meteorological conditions, the frequency of planned and unplanned technical maintenance processes, depending on some effects (e.g. pausing the production) are also important. In this study; it is aimed to investigate the capacity factors of a wind power plant in ？anakkale, compare the obtained data, and examine and interpret the results