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.
Community Wind - Resources
Energy and Environmental Research Center
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.
Chapter 4: Wind Resource Assessment
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Chapter 3: Project Planning and Management
This section focuses on project management and planning, two elements that are essential to a successful 2-50 MW community wind project. Topics covered in this section include putting together a reliable project team and understanding risks and ways to mitigate them. The section also provides resources for creating a realistic project plan and timeline, as well as tips from experienced community wind developers.
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Northwestern U.S. Wind Mapping Project
This web site features state wind maps of Oregon, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, Idaho and selected portions of California, Nevada and Utah.
Wind Energy Atlas of the United States
Produced by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and their National Wind Technology Center. (Note that this is older information.)
Click here to go to the atlas.
State Wind Resource Maps
This web page from the Wind Powering America program provides links to wind resource maps for nearly every state.
Wind Prospecting
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!
Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities
Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities
2002: The National Wind Coordinating Committee.
Wind Energy Toolkit from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Wind Energy Toolkit
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Power Naturally Program
Includes a legal guidebook for landowners, a section on lease agreements, and a sample annotated lease agreement.
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