Eastern and Western U.S. Wind Profiles for 2004-2006

Wind Integration Datasets provide ten-minute time-series wind profiles for simulated wind farms across the eastern and western United States. The data was created by NREL for integration studies and covers the years 2004, 2005, and 2006. It is intended for energy professionals analyzing wind resource variability and grid integration.

Use Cases

• Analyze ten-minute wind speed and power output time-series to model grid stability and variability.
• Compare interannual wind resource variations between 2004, 2005, and 2006 for site assessment.
• Simulate power generation from over 1,326 eastern or 30,000 western simulated wind farm data points for regional studies.
• Use the consistent eastern and western U.S. wind profiles for benchmarking integration study methodologies.

Strengths

• Contains over 30,000 simulated wind data points for the western United States.
• Provides more than 1,326 simulated wind farm data points for the eastern United States.
• Offers three full years of ten-minute resolution data from 2004 to 2006.

Limitations

• Data is simulated, not directly measured, and methodologies differ between eastern and western datasets.
• Temporal coverage ends in 2006, which may not reflect current climate or wind patterns.
• Specific measured variables (columns) like wind speed or power output are not detailed in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), accessed via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Simulated data created for the Eastern Wind Integration and Transmission Study and the Western Wind and Solar Integration Study.

Time Range

2004-01-01 to 2006-12-31

Freshness

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Geography

Eastern United States and Western United States.