Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is producing validated wind resource maps for priority offshore regions of the United States. This report describes the methodology used to validate the maps and to build a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database to classify the offshore wind resource by state, water depth, distance from shore, andadministrative unit.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 12 |
State | Published - 2006 |
Event | Windpower 2006 Conference - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Duration: 4 Jun 2006 → 7 Jun 2006 |
Conference
Conference | Windpower 2006 Conference |
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City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Period | 4/06/06 → 7/06/06 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-500-40045
Keywords
- AWEA
- conference papers
- offshore resource maps
- offshore wind potential
- wind
- wind power
- wind resource mapping
- Windpower