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Argonne Mesa, New Mexico, Wind Monitoring Program Final Report

File: Argonne Mesa, New Mexico, Wind Monitoring Program Final Report

Date: 9/30/2004

Location: Santa Rosa, NM

Contact: New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD)

New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), hired Global Energy Concepts (GEC) to conduct a two-year wind monitoring program at a site on Argonne Mesa, near Santa Rosa, New Mexico. The wind resource assessment study includes monthly data validation and transmittal, one annual report and one final report. This final report presents the data collected September 2002 through August 2004 and includes a comparison of the two years of data collection.The monitoring site is located on Argonne Mesa southwest of Santa Rosa, at 34º 49' 39" N — 104º 59' 55" W with an elevation of 1,786 m (5,860 ft). The site was commissioned on August 7, 2002.

This information was last updated on August 02, 2011