Over 500 MW of short turbines could be added to the East San Diego County Wind Resource Area

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

Publication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2023 Wind Harvest analyzed the East San Diego County Wind Resource Area using publicly available location information and UL’s Windnavigator. The report concluded that the area could add 457 MWs of Wind Harvester type turbines to the existing 406 MWs of propeller-type turbines currently installed. Based on the mid-level wind speeds in the…

PATENT – Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Blade-Arm Connection Member

California, Density, North America, Riverside County, San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area, Synergy with Tall and Short Turbines, Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, Wind Farms

Publication: The Next GenerationYear Published: 2023 Wind Harvest engineers (David John Malcom, Alan Ionut Munteanu, Olaaamide Ajala Inyand, Antonio owed Monge, Jeffrey Willis) are the inventors of a patented technology connecting the blades and arms of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. Find more information about the patent at the link above.

5.7 GW of short turbines could be added to the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area

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

Publication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2023 Wind Harvest analyzed the Tehachapi wind resource area using publicly available location information and UL’s Windnavigator. We found that the area could add 5,700 MWs of Wind Harvester type turbines to the existing 3,263 MWs of propeller-type turbines currently installed in Kern County. Based on the mid-level wind speeds…

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…

New Study Shows Groundbreaking Mid-Level Wind Turbines Can Almost Quadruple Wind Energy Output in the San Gorgonio Pass

California, Density, North America, Riverside County, San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area, Synergy with Tall and Short Turbines, Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, Wind Farms

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…

Sensitivity of Southern California Wind Energy to Turbine Characteristics

California, Density, East San Diego County Wind Resource Area, Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines, Kern County, North America, Riverside County, San Diego County, San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area, Tehachapi Wind Resource Area, Turbulence, Wake, Wind Farms

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.

3.1 GW of short turbines could be added to the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area

California, Density, H-Type, Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines, North America, Riverside County, San Gorgonio Pass 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 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…

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…