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 International
Year Published: 2023
Resource

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 of buildout would produce 13,572 GWh of electricity per year. The existing wind farms produce 3,827 GWh of electricity per year.

CEC Wind Atlas 1985 – Solano County

California, Country-by-Country Resources, North America, Solano County, Solano Wind Resource Area
Publication: California Energy Commission
Year Published: 1985
Wind Map (kmz file)
Wind Station Index (.xlsx file)

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, CA 95814, (916) 654-4292.

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 International
Year Published: 2023
Resource

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 Nierenberg
Publication: California Energy Commission
Year Published: 1980
Resource

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 23 sites were instrumented at the 30 ft level. Data were collected and analyzed for the ten-month period of March through December, 1979.