Wind Resource Assessments

Minnesota Wind Resource Maps

Minnesota Wind Map

The first step for planning a wind energy project is determining if you have enough wind to justify the expense of the system and the time and expense of operating and maintaining your equipment.

Wind Powering America provides high-resolution wind maps and estimates of the wind resource potential. The Department of Energy's Wind Program and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published a wind resource map for the state of Minnesota. The wind resource map shows the predicted mean annual wind speeds at 80-m height for commercial wind farms and Community Wind projects.

Lummi Nation Wind Energy Development Feasibility Assessment Services RFP

The Lummi Nation is requesting proposals from qualified consulting firms to provide wind energy development feasibility assessment services. The overall goal of the Lummi Indian Reservation Wind Energy Development Feasibility Assessment Project, which is funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, is to determine if and at what cost wind energy development on the Reservation can help achieve the tribal goal of energy self-sufficiency.

Tribes

RFP

Washington

Commercial (Large) Scale

Wind Resource Assessments

General News

RFPWindenergyFeasibility FINAL.pdf

Environmental Assessments in the Great Lakes Region Webinar

This webinar was hosted by Windustry with support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on May 18, 2010. The webinar provided a discussion of discuss environmental assessments for land-based wind energy development in and near communities along the Great Lakes.

Wind Resource Maps and Estimates Show Increased Potential for United States

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and consulting firm AWS Truewind, LLC have developed new wind resource maps and wind potential tables for the United States, the first comprehensive update of wind energy potential since 1993. The analysis indicates that wind resources in the U.S. are greater than previous estimates, up to three times more than previous estimates with the potential to generate up to 37 million gigawatt hours annually.

Wind Resource Assessments

General News

Virginia State-Based Anemometer Loan Program

http://sbalp.cisat.jmu.edu/

Idaho National Laboratory's Wind Energy Calculator

Wind energy calculator – comprehensive set of wind turbine power curves and a tool to help analyze large batches of wind resource data.

Wind Resource Assessment Handbook: Fundamentals for Conducting a Successful Monitoring Program

This publication was prepared by AWS Scientific, Inc. for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Click here to go to the publication.

Energy and Environmental Research Center

University of North Dakota
15 N 23rd Street, Stop 9018
Grand Forks, ND 58202
(701) 777-5000

http://www.undeerc.org/

Also have a database of publicly available wind resource data.

Chapter 4: Wind Resource Assessment

Wind resource assessment is the most important step in planning a community wind project because it is the basis for determining initial feasibility and cash flow projections, and is ultimately vital for acquiring financing. Your project will progress through several stages of assessment: