Wisconsin Annual Wind Resource Potential at 50 Meter Height

A 2025-updated shapefile provides annual average wind resource potential for Wisconsin, United States, validated by NREL and meteorological consultants. The data was generated from a 200-meter resolution raster using the MesoMap system and historical weather data.

Use Cases

• Model regional wind energy potential using the annual average wind resource attribute for Wisconsin.
• Conduct geospatial analysis of wind patterns with the shapefile's validated UTM zone 17, datum WGS 84 projection.
• Compare this 50-meter height wind resource data with other datasets for resource assessment studies.

Strengths

• Data validated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and wind energy meteorological consultants.
• Provides wind resource estimates at a specific 50-meter height, relevant for energy planning.
• Sourced from the MesoMap system and historical weather data under contract to a U.S. Department of Energy program.

Limitations

• Explicitly noted as not suitable for micro-siting potential development projects.
• Derived from a raster with 200-meter resolution, which may limit fine-grained local analysis.
• Users are directed to the Global Wind Atlas for updated gridded long-term average wind data.

Provenance

Source

Wind Powering America/NREL, via the U.S. Department of Energy.

Collection Method

Produced by AWS TrueWind using their MesoMap system and historical weather data, then validated with surface data.

Time Range

Based on historical weather data; specific period not stated.

Freshness

Last updated in August 2025.

Geography

Wisconsin, United States.