AWS Truepower’s new monthly wind performance maps, released shortly after the end of each month, show deviations in the wind resource from average conditions in every region of the world for the preceding month. This service is an enhancement of the company’s current wind trends service, which provides a quarterly snapshot of wind performance. The…
Consultant reports on meteorological trends
A renewable-energy-information service has released its quarterly Wind Trends Bulletins for Europe, India, and North America. Each report independently reviews wind resource performance based on AWS Truepower’s long-term simulated wind resource data. Findings indicate that there were ups and downs as wind speeds varied throughout these regions. India: A delayed start to the 2012 summer…
Tracking wind resources and project performance
A renewable energy consulting and information company has announced a major release of its windNavigator software. The program already provided wind project siting and resource assessment in previous releases. V3.0 now supports wind monitoring campaigns and plant operations. Campaign Management, a free value-add service available to all of AWS Truepower’s wind resource assessment clients, puts…
DOE supports wind energy development with $5 million
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy is awarding more than $5 million to support U.S. wind energy development. Two projects receiving a total of $3.4 million over two years will improve short-term wind forecasting, which will accelerate use of wind power in electricity transmission networks by allowing utilities and grid…
Wind resource maps show wind potential estimates for the U.S.
Accurate information about the wind resource and wind-energy potential in each state is required for federal and state policy initiatives that will expand the use of wind energy in the U.S. Recent resource maps and wind potential tables were developed through a collaborative project between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and AWS Truewind, LLC,…