Wind Resources in Alaska
Wind resource data for Alaska and southeast Alaska, both high resolution wind resource maps and gridded wind parameters. The two high resolution wind maps are comprised of a grid of cells each containing a single value of average wind speed (m/s) at a hub height of 30, 50, 70, and 100 meters and wind power density (W/m^2) at a hub height of 50 meters for a 40,000 square meter area. The additional gridded wind parameter data includes data for points spaced 2 kilometers apart, and include: predicted wind speed frequency distribution as well as speed and energy in 16 directions (the information needed to produce a wind rose image at a given point). Data included here as .kml files (for viewing in Google Earth). GIS shape files available for the gridded wind parameters datasets from AEDI can be found in the Data Catalog linked below.
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TY - DATA
AB - Wind resource data for Alaska and southeast Alaska, both high resolution wind resource maps and gridded wind parameters. The two high resolution wind maps are comprised of a grid of cells each containing a single value of average wind speed (m/s) at a hub height of 30, 50, 70, and 100 meters and wind power density (W/m^2) at a hub height of 50 meters for a 40,000 square meter area. The additional gridded wind parameter data includes data for points spaced 2 kilometers apart, and include: predicted wind speed frequency distribution as well as speed and energy in 16 directions (the information needed to produce a wind rose image at a given point). Data included here as .kml files (for viewing in Google Earth). GIS shape files available for the gridded wind parameters datasets from AEDI can be found in the Data Catalog linked below.
AU - AEDI, Alaska Energy Data Inventory
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - Alaska
KW - wind
KW - wind direction
KW - wind power density
KW - wind speed
LA - English
DA - 2006/12/31
PY - 2006
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - Wind Resources in Alaska
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/737
ER -
AEDI, Alaska Energy Data Inventory. Wind Resources in Alaska. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 31 December, 2006, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/737.
AEDI, A. (2006). Wind Resources in Alaska. [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.openei.org/submissions/737
AEDI, Alaska Energy Data Inventory. Wind Resources in Alaska. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, December, 31, 2006. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/737
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_737,
title = {Wind Resources in Alaska},
author = {AEDI, Alaska Energy Data Inventory},
abstractNote = {Wind resource data for Alaska and southeast Alaska, both high resolution wind resource maps and gridded wind parameters. The two high resolution wind maps are comprised of a grid of cells each containing a single value of average wind speed (m/s) at a hub height of 30, 50, 70, and 100 meters and wind power density (W/m^2) at a hub height of 50 meters for a 40,000 square meter area. The additional gridded wind parameter data includes data for points spaced 2 kilometers apart, and include: predicted wind speed frequency distribution as well as speed and energy in 16 directions (the information needed to produce a wind rose image at a given point). Data included here as .kml files (for viewing in Google Earth). GIS shape files available for the gridded wind parameters datasets from AEDI can be found in the Data Catalog linked below.},
url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/737},
year = {2006},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.openei.org/submissions/737},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-05}
}
Details
Data from Dec 31, 2006
Last updated Mar 4, 2025
Submitted Jul 29, 2014
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
KC Hallett