U.S. State Wind Resource Potential
Estimates for each of the 50 states and the entire United States showing the windy land area with a gross capacity factor (without losses) of 30% and greater at 80-m height above ground and the wind energy potential from development of the ?available? windy land area after exclusions. The ?Installed Capacity? shows the potential megawatts (MW) of rated capacity that could be installed on the available windy land area, and the ?Annual Generation? shows annual wind energy generation in gigawatt-hours (GWh) that could be produced from the installed capacity. AWS Truewind, LLC developed the wind resource data for [windNavigator](http://navigator.awstruewind.com/) with a spatial resolution of 200 m. NREL produced the estimates of windy land area and windy energy potential, including filtering the estimates to exclude areas unlikely to be developed such as wilderness areas, parks, urban areas, and water features (see the "Wind Resource Exclusion Table" sheet within the Excel file for more detail).
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AB - Estimates for each of the 50 states and the entire United States showing the windy land area with a gross capacity factor (without losses) of 30% and greater at 80-m height above ground and the wind energy potential from development of the “available” windy land area after exclusions. The “Installed Capacity” shows the potential megawatts (MW) of rated capacity that could be installed on the available windy land area, and the “Annual Generation” shows annual wind energy generation in gigawatt-hours (GWh) that could be produced from the installed capacity. AWS Truewind, LLC developed the wind resource data for [windNavigator](http://navigator.awstruewind.com/) with a spatial resolution of 200 m. NREL produced the estimates of windy land area and windy energy potential, including filtering the estimates to exclude areas unlikely to be developed such as wilderness areas, parks, urban areas, and water features (see the "Wind Resource Exclusion Table" sheet within the Excel file for more detail).
AU - Wood, Jamey
A2 - America, Wind Powering
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - annual generation
KW - installed capacity
KW - usa
KW - wind
LA - English
DA - 2014/11/25
PY - 2014
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - U.S. State Wind Resource Potential
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/458
ER -
Wood, Jamey, and Wind Powering America. U.S. State Wind Resource Potential. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 25 November, 2014, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/458.
Wood, J., & America, W. (2014). U.S. State Wind Resource Potential. [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.openei.org/submissions/458
Wood, Jamey and Wind Powering America. U.S. State Wind Resource Potential. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, November, 25, 2014. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/458
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_458,
title = {U.S. State Wind Resource Potential},
author = {Wood, Jamey and America, Wind Powering},
abstractNote = {Estimates for each of the 50 states and the entire United States showing the windy land area with a gross capacity factor (without losses) of 30\% and greater at 80-m height above ground and the wind energy potential from development of the ?available? windy land area after exclusions. The ?Installed Capacity? shows the potential megawatts (MW) of rated capacity that could be installed on the available windy land area, and the ?Annual Generation? shows annual wind energy generation in gigawatt-hours (GWh) that could be produced from the installed capacity. AWS Truewind, LLC developed the wind resource data for [windNavigator](http://navigator.awstruewind.com/) with a spatial resolution of 200 m. NREL produced the estimates of windy land area and windy energy potential, including filtering the estimates to exclude areas unlikely to be developed such as wilderness areas, parks, urban areas, and water features (see the "Wind Resource Exclusion Table" sheet within the Excel file for more detail).},
url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/458},
year = {2014},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.openei.org/submissions/458},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-31}
}
Details
Data from Nov 25, 2014
Last updated Nov 25, 2014
Submitted Nov 25, 2014
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
Jamey Wood
