Community Wind Toolbox Chapter 4: Wind Resource Assessment
Wind resource assessment is the most important step in planning a community wind project because it is the basis for determining initial feasibility and cash flow projections, and is ultimately vital for acquiring financing. Your project will progress through several stages of assessment:
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Wind energy calculator – comprehensive set of wind turbine power curves and a tool to help analyze large batches of wind resource data.
The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), with support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the North Dakota Division of Community Services (DCS), developed the Plains Organization for Wind Energy Resources (POWER) to serve as a regional center of excellence for wind energy.
This web page from the Wind Powering America program provides links to wind resource maps for nearly every state.
Produced by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and their National Wind Technology Center. (Note that this is older information.)
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Wind Energy Manual
2005: Iowa Energy Center.This publication was prepared by AWS Scientific, Inc. for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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