During the second quarter of 2011, nearly all of the contiguous United States experienced normal to above-normal wind speeds compared to the long-term average for the same quarter. The greatest deviations occurred throughout the Rocky Mountains and southern Great Plains (over 25% above normal in some locations). Regions experiencing significantly below-normal (by 5% to…
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…
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,…