California Mid-Level Wind Resources in Wind Farms

Alameda/Contra Costa Counties, Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, California, Country-by-Country Resources, East San Diego County Wind Resource Area, Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines, Kern County, Mendocino/Lake Counties, North America, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area, Shasta County, Solano County, Solano Wind Resource Area, Tehachapi Wind Resource Area, Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, Wind Farms

Summary of onshore wind farms Existing GWs of HAWT wind farms in state 6.4 GWs of HAWTs over 6.5m/s at 20m agl (projected) 5.5 % of wind farms over 6.5m/s at 20m agl 86% HAWT: Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine This data came from thewindpower.net and UL’s Windnavigator. Publication: Wind Harvest International Copyright: Creative Commons BY-SA

California Wind Resource Areas: Mid-Level Wind Potential

Alameda/Contra Costa Counties, Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, California, Country-by-Country Resources, Density, East San Diego County Wind Resource Area, H-Type, Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines, Kern County, North America, Riverside County, San Diego County, San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area, Solano County, Solano Wind Resource Area, Synergy with Tall and Short Turbines, Tehachapi Wind Resource Area, Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, Wind Farms

All of California’s wind farms–6000+ megawatts producing 15,200 gigawatt-hours (GWh) annually as of 2021–are on land already zoned for wind energy production. Wind Harvest estimates that, if fully built out on existing wind farms in the Wind Resource Areas, H-type vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) could add 10 GW of capacity and about 31,500 GWh of…