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

CEC Wind Atlas 1985 – Shasta County

California, Country-by-Country Resources, North America, Shasta County

Publication: California Energy CommissionYear Published: 1985 Information found here was based on the California Energy Commission report, CEC Wind Atlas, April 1985. Most of the windspeed data was collected at <10m above ground level. The complete  CEC Wind Atlas  and its underlying reports can be found at the CEC’s main library at 1516 9th St, Sacramento,…