Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States

Table of Contents

• Title Page


• Notice


• Acknowledgments


• Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Background
  • Updating the Assessment
  • Map Descriptions
  
  
• Chapter 2 The National Wind Resource
  • Annual Average Wind Resource
  • Seasonal Variations of the Wind Resource
  • Certainty of the Resource Estimates
  • Areal Distribution of the Wind Resource
  
  
• Chapter 3 Regional Summaries
  • The Northwest Region
  • The North Central Region
  • The Great Lakes Region
  • The Northeast Region
  • The East Central Region
  • The Southeast Region
  • The South Central Region
  • The Southern Rocky Mountain Region
  • The Southwest Region
  • Alaska
  • Hawaii and the Pacific Islands
  • Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
  
  
• Chapter 4 References


• Appendix A Synthesis of Regional Assessments - Data Analysis and Assessment Methodologies
  • Indentification of Wind Data Sources
  • Wind Data Screening
  • Time Scales Used in the Analysis
  • Calculation of Wind Power Density
  • Vertical Adjustment
  • Wind Power Estimates for Mountainous Areas
  • Qualitative Indicators of the Wind Resource
  • Analysis of the Wind Resource
  • Wind Power Classes
  • Classes of Land Surface Form
  • Certainty Rating
  • Areal Distribution of the Wind Resource
  • References
  
  
• Appendix B Wind Energy Resource Information System (WERIS)
  • Microfiche Tables
  • Digital File
  • Summary
  • References
  
  
• Appendix C Annual and Seasonal Mean Wind Speed and Power Summaries for Selected Station in the United States and its Territories
  • References
  
  
• Appendix D Evaluation of New Site Data for Verifying or Updating the Wind Resource Estimates
  • Sources of New Wind Data
  • Data Screening and Analysis
  • Comparisons of Estimated and Measured Resource
  • Comparison of Rayleigh and Actual Wind Power
  • Comparison of Actual and Extrapolated Power at 50 m (164 ft)
  • References
  
  
• Appendix E Annual and Seasonal Mean Wind Speed and Power Summaries for 35 Candidate Wind Turbine Sites
  • References
  
  
• List of Maps


• List of Tables

Product of Pacific Northwest Laboratory (now Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

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Links to Other Wind Resource Maps

• Iowa Energy Center's Iowa Wind Resource Assessment Maps
  (http://www.energy.iastate.edu/renewable/wind/maps-index.html )
• Missouri Department of Natural Resources Wind Energy Reosurce Maps
  (http://www.dnr.state.mo.us/energy/renewables/wind-energy.htm)
• Wind Maps on NREL's Dynamic Maps and GIS Data website
  (http://www.nrel.gov/gis/wind_maps.html)
• Wind Powering America
  ( http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/)
• U.S. State Maps of Wind Resources
• Installed U.S. Wind Capacity

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