Wind Resource Maps and Anemometer Loan Program Data
Wind Powering America provides wind maps and validation to help states and regions build capacity to support and accelerate wind energy deployment. Read about the available wind maps for utility- and community-scale wind development.
Utility-Scale Wind Resource Maps
States, utilities, and wind energy developers use utility-scale wind resource maps to locate and quantify the wind resource, identifying potentially windy sites within a fairly large region and determining a potential site's economic and technical viability.
80-Meter Land-Based
These 80-meter high-resolution wind maps can be used as a guide to identify regions for commercial wind development. Estimates of the wind resource potential that would be possible from development of the available windy land areas (after excluding areas unlikely to be developed) are provided in tables and charts.
Offshore
These high-resolution wind maps can be used as a guide to identify offshore regions for commercial wind development. Estimates of the total offshore wind potential that would be possible from development of the available windy offshore areas are provided in tables.
Community-Scale Wind Resource Maps
Counties, towns, utilities, and schools use community-scale wind resource maps to locate and quantify the wind resource, identifying potentially windy sites to determine the site's economic and technical viability.
50-Meter
These 50-meter wind maps can be used as a guide to identify regions for commercial wind development.
Anemometer Loan Programs and Data
Find state and Native American anemometer loan programs and anemometer data or reports.