Wind Energy Prospecting in Alameda and Solano Counties

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the California Energy Commission conducted a wind energy prospecting program in Northern California. Eight candidate areas were initially considered and qualitatively evaluated; two areas in the San Francisco Bay Area were selected for study. a total of 23 sites were instrumented at the 30 ft level. Data were collected and analyzed for the ten-month period of March through December, 1979.