Useful wind energy links

[BWEA Graeme]

Main site - http://www.bwea.com/
FAQs - http://www.bwea.com/ref/faq.html
Myths - http://www.bwea.com/energy/myths.html
UKWED wind farm data - http://www.bwea.com/ukwed/index.asp
Wind Speed in your area - http://www.bwea.com/noabl/index.html
Jobs in the wind, wave and tidal sector - http://www.bwea.com/jobs/index.html

[LMagic007]

Sustainable Development Commission's view on wind power in the UK

SDC URL: http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/230505.html

Interesting quotes from the SDC site and the SDC report;

- "The UK has the best and most geographically diverse wind resources in Europe, more than enough to meet current renewable energy targets"

- "Technological advances mean there are no limits to the amount of wind capacity that can be added to an electricity system"

- "Wind power will displace fossil-fuelled plant, and there is no need for dedicated ‘backup’ plant to cope with wind"

Download the SDC Report from here;
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications.php?id=234

[LMagic007]

Electricity Supply and Demand Fact Sheet - 2001

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electri...ly&demand.html

[LMagic007]

Texas Wind Energy Resources

In the mid-1990's, the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO), contracted for a study to evaluate Texas's renewable energy resource base, including solar, wind, biomass, water, geothermal and building climatology. The information on this web page can also be found in that report, The Texas Renewable Energy Resource Assessment, which presents a detailed description and assessment of Texas' biomass energy resources, including numerous maps and charts.


http://www.infinitepower.org/reswind.htm

[Wobs]

Assessment of real costs of wind energy in Europe:

http://www.aweo.org/White-DenmarkTooGood.pdf

And
Predicting Ultimate Loads for Wind Turbine Design:
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy99osti/25787.pdf

[ashish]

hi

could any one help me with links / references to project managers in the feild of wind energy???

I would be really grateful.

Regards
ashish saluja

[LMagic007]

Wind Resource Maps

One of Wind Powering America's key activities is to provide validated, high-resolution state wind maps. Below are two maps of the United States. The first map is a combination of high resolution and low resolution datasets for the United States as a whole. The second map of the United States indicates which states have their own validated, high-resolution wind resource maps, which states are planned, and other wind maps that have not been validated.

Wind Powering America: State and United States Wind Resource Maps

[LMagic007]

US Department of Energy Wind Energy Multiyear Program Plan For 2007-2012

Wind Energy Multiyear Program Plan For 2007-2012

Interesting to note that as instantaneous wind energy penetration increases, power generation fuel is saved.

[LMagic007]

NREL: Renewable Resource Data Center Home Page

The Renewable Resource Data Center (RReDC) provides access to an extensive collection of renewable energy resource data, maps, and tools. Biomass, geothermal, solar, and wind resource data for locations throughout the United States can be found through the RReDC.

[sonimus]

you can check this link