What is wind mapping?

Question

Wind Energy

Answer 1

Wind mapping is define as map the wind resource characteristics including its offshore areas, to support the planning and evaluation of future wind energy development opportunities. A key product of this effort will be seasonal maps of the wind resource in order to provide the information necessary to assess the feasibility of using wind energy for irrigation applications.

Answer 2

Answer to Wind Mapping

Map Showing a Portion of Ireland's Wind Resource Produced by MesoMap


AWS Truewind provides the most advanced wind mapping and atmospheric modeling services to meet a wide range of client needs. From large to small scales, our WindSurvey™, MesoMap®, and SiteWind™ services help clients assess wind resources, identify attractive sites, design wind projects, and accurately estimate plant output. Using our models, clients can greatly accelerate the development process with more dependable results.

WindSurvey provides an overview of wind resources over very large regions. Often the first stage in exploring a new territory, WindSurvey allows clients to identify promising regions for further analysis and detailed mapping at a low cost.

MesoMap provides an accurate, high-resolution assessment of wind resources to enable clients to identify and characterize the most attractive wind project sites. The most widely tested and validated wind mapping system in use today, MesoMap simulates complex wind flows that are beyond the capability of other models without the need for onsite wind data. It typically achieves an accuracy of 5 to 7% in mean speed at hub height. Wind resource maps and atlases have been produced for the United States, Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and over 30 other countries and regions.

Answer 3

Wind mapping is define as map the wind resource characteristics including its offshore areas, to support the planning and evaluation of future wind energy development opportunities. A key product of this effort will be seasonal maps of the wind resource in order to provide the information necessary to assess the feasibility of using wind energy for irrigation applications.

New high-resolution, state-of-the-art maps of wind energy potential are now available for the Northwest. Resource estimates are easily accessible to the public through an interactive Geographic Information System (GIS) website.

Through a zoom-in web interface, provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, allowing quick site look-ups, the maps will greatly aid rural landowners and communities in exploring economic opportunities to harness wind energy.

The project is coordinated by NW Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (NWSEED) and the NW Cooperative Development Center (NWCDC) and sponsored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), and numerous other organizations.




Although the new wind maps do not eliminate the need for on-site wind resource measurement, they can help utilities and developers gain a better understanding of where the best wind resource areas are and screen out less promising areas, significantly minimizing the cost and timing of prospecting. They are also intended to aid landowners in making a first-cut feasibility analysis for installing distributed wind turbines to supply power for homes, farms and ranches.

NWSEED hopes that these new maps ultimately drive down the costs of wind power and ensure that public interests are protected as the Northwest's wind resources are developed.

Answer 4

I think that is a map that shows the normal wind patterns and speeds.

Answer 5

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Seriously, it's about studying and recording recurring patterns of wind for the purpose of harvesting it for things such as electricity generation via wind mills.

Answer 6

I hope wind energy isn't farting because I do alot of that.