Author: MARTIN J. PASQUALETTIPublication: Society and Natural Resources, Taylor & FrancisYear Published: 2001 Abstract: There may be no more conspicuous example of a conflict between society and technology than a wind energy landscape. The fastest growing renewable energy resource in the world, wind energy has evoked a cool public response. Through the use of interviews,…
Publication: The Next GenerationYear Published: 2023 A new study by Wind Harvest, a company that is building a novel type of short, utility-scale turbine, has found that mid-level wind turbines could almost quadruple the energy output in the notoriously windy San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area. These turbines would provide enough energy to power 1…
Author: Scott B. Capps, Alex Hall and Mimi HughesPublication: Wind Energy, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Year Published: 2011 Capps, Hall and Hughes evaluate how variation in wind turbine characteristics such as rotor diameter, rater power and hub height affect wind energy production in Southern California.
Publication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2023 Wind Harvest analyzed the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area using publicly available location information and UL’s Windnavigator. We found that the area could add 3,136 MWs of Wind Harvester type turbines to the existing 682 MWs of propeller-type turbines currently installed. Based on the mid-level wind speeds in the zone, this…
Author: Kevin WolfPublication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2001 The Windstar 530G was a three turbine array designed to test the coupled vortex effect, a phenomenon first hypothesized by Wind Harvest founder Bob Thomas in the early 1990’s. The array was placed in one of the highly energetic wind farms of San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource…
Publication: California Energy Commission Wind speed map at 100m
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…
Author: SECOR International IncorporatedPublication: SMUDYear Published: 2005 This report summarizes and documents operation of the doppler miniSODAR lower boundary layer wind monitoring system installed and operated at the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD) Montezuma Hills Station. It also summarizes the data collected at the station during the period May 29 through June 28 of 2004.…
Author: Dave Johnston, Judd Howell, Scott Terrill, Nellie Thorngate, Jim Castle, Jeff SmithPublication: California Energy CommissionYear Published: 2013 Birds and bats have become important factors in the siting and permitting of wind-energy facilities. Identifying methods to avoid, minimize, and mitigate bird and bat fatalities should help streamline wind energy permitting and reduce potential impacts to…
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,…