AWS Truepower’s Wind Trends Bulletin is a report that evaluates deviations in global wind conditions from the historical norm on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. The purpose is to provide wind-plant owners, investors, and operators with a high-level analysis of wind resource performance influenced by climatic fluctuations. The maps contained in the report were derived…

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…

Wind power is growing rapidly in America. In fact, wind has accounted for 33% percent of all newly installed electricity generation capacity in the years spanning from 2006 to 2013. The United States now gets about 4.6% of its electricity from wind power. But how can this pattern of strong growth continue and how will…

The 2014 Mexico Wind Performance Map, released by Vaisala, delivers positive news for much of southern Mexico where above-normal wind speeds boosted performance at many of the country’s operating wind projects. Conversely, wind speeds below the long-term average in Mexico’s interior negatively affected overall production at wind farms in that region. These departures from mean…