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 energy calculator – comprehensive set of wind turbine power curves and a tool to help analyze large batches of wind resource data.
This publication was prepared by AWS Scientific, Inc. for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
University of North Dakota
15 N 23rd Street, Stop 9018
Grand Forks, ND 58202
(701) 777-5000
Also have a database of publicly available wind resource data.
This report from the Union of Concerned Scientists was originally published in the Harvest the Wind Handbook from Windustry. According to the UCS web site, "This report is intended to guide prospective wind farm developers through the process of site assessment. It provides practical information on how to develop reliable estimates of the wind resource and electricity production at a given site. This includes information on how to measure wind speeds and direction; how to qualify your land’s potential for wind projects; how certain variables affect wind production costs and return on investment; what information is typically needed by banks and investors to finance a project; and where to look for additional information. While our examples are based on Minnesota, the principles discussed can be applied to any state, particularly other parts of the Midwest."
This web site features state wind maps of Oregon, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, Idaho and selected portions of California, Nevada and Utah.
Produced by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and their National Wind Technology Center. (Note that this is older information.)
This web page from the Wind Powering America program provides links to wind resource maps for nearly every state.
Assessing your wind resource is a critical piece of planning a wind project. Click on the link at the bottom of this page to view a presentation given by Wes Slaymaker for a Wisconsin Focus on Energy Seminar in February 2005.
CAUTION: This is a very large (4.5 MB) file and may be slow to download!
Wind Energy Manual
Iowa Energy Center.