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One of Wind Powering America's key activities is to provide validated, high-resolution state wind maps. Below are two maps of the United States. The first map is a combination of high resolution and low resolution datasets for the United States as a whole. The second map of the United States indicates which states have their own validated, high-resolution wind resource maps, which states are planned, and other wind maps that have not been validated.
State — Wind Resource Maps
Click on a state to go to its wind resource map or you can use the drop down lists below to get to state wind resource maps.
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To Be Validated
Currently there are no state maps in the queue to be validated by NREL.
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Before you plan to install your own wind turbine or wind farm, you must know if the wind resource in your location is adequate. From wind resource maps, you can determine if your area of interest should be further explored. Wind resource at a micro level can vary significantly; therefore, you should get a professional evaluation of your specific area of interest.
If you are interested in how the NREL maps are created, validated, etc., please read, "Geographic Information Systems in Support of Wind Energy Activities at NREL (PDF 817 KB) Download Adobe Reader," or many of the other GIS publications in the NREL Publications database (search using author Dennis Elliott). High resolution wind data files are also available.
If you have a disability and need assistance reading the wind map, please email the Webmaster.
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