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

5 GW of short turbines could be added to the Solano Wind Resource Area

California, Density, H-Type, Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines, North America, Solano County, Solano Wind Resource Area, Synergy with Tall and Short Turbines, Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, Wind Farms

Publication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2023 Wind Harvest analyzed the Solano Wind Resource Area using publicly available location information and UL’s Windnavigator. The report concluded that the area could add 4,989 MWs of Wind Harvester type turbines to the existing 1,021 MWs of propeller-type turbines currently installed. Based on the mid-level wind speeds in the zone, this level…

Solano County Wind and Solar Diurnal Energy Outputs with Batteries

Battery Storage, California, Diurnal Wind Speed, North America, Solano County, Solano Wind Resource Area, Solar Energy

Author: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2023 This resource contains diurnal wind speed information for Solano County, as well as diurnal wind and solar energy outputs. Wind speed data was derived from wind speeds recorded at Travis Air Force Base. The material included in the linked document is protected by Creative Commons BY-SA copyright.

Wind Energy Prospecting in Alameda and Solano Counties

Alameda/Contra Costa Counties, California, Country-by-Country Resources, North America, Solano County, Solano Wind Resource Area

Author: Earl Davis and Ron NierenbergPublication: California Energy CommissionYear Published: 1980 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…

CEC Wind Atlas 1985 – Solano County

California, Country-by-Country Resources, North America, Solano County, Solano Wind Resource Area

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,…

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…