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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 08/02/2004 |
| From: | US Dept of Energy (DOE) |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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~1 m-Search Help I More Search Op EERE Information Center Hydropower Wind Energy Wind Energy Resource Potential Good wind areas, which cover 6% of the contiguous U.S. land area, have the potential to Wind Energy Basics more than one and a half times the current electricity consumption of the United States.
- How Wind Turbines Work
- Advantages &
Estimates of the wind resource are expressed in wind power classes ranging from class 1 Disadvantages 7, with each class representing a range of mean wind power density or equivalent mean s specified heights above the ground. Areas designated class 4 or greater are suitable with
- History advanced wind turbine technology under development today. Power class 3 areas may be L-Res e Potential l
suitable for future technology. Class 2 areas are marginal and class 1 areas are unsuitable
-Poenia wind energy development.
Consumer FAQs Research & Development U.S. Annual Wind Power Resource and Wind Power Casses - Contiguous U.S. States.
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Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program: Wind Energy Resource Potential Page 2 of 3 U.S. Annual Wind Power Resource and Wind Power casses - Alaska and Hawall.
Because techniques of wind resource assessment have improved greatly In recent years, 1 began In 2000 to update the U.S. wind atlas. The work will produce regional-scale maps o wind resource with resolution down to one square kilometer. The new atlas will take adva modem techniques for mapping. It will also Incorporate new meteorological, geographical terrain data. The program's advanced mapping of the wind resource Is another Important necessary for expanding wind-generating capacity In the United States.
1987 2000 1987 U.S. Wind Atlas Map vs. 2000 High-Resolution (1-km2 ) Wind Map of North and South Dakota http://wwwv.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windjpotential.html 8/2/2004
Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program: Wind Energy Resource Potential Page 3 of 3 Visit the Wind Powerina America State Wind Map page to see If your state or area of Inter a newer, more detailed map available.
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