Wind Geospatial Data Tools

Access our tools to explore wind geospatial data for the contiguous United States and several international regions and countries. 

U.S. Data

Wind Prospector
Visualizes data and analyzes the potential for wind energy.

WIND Toolkit
Includes meteorological conditions and turbine power for more than 126,000 sites in the continental United States.

Wind Supply Curves
View wind supply curve data, which include latitude, longitude, available area, capacity potential, generation potential, generator capacity factor, and distance to interconnect.

Developer Network: Wind
Provides access to wind resource data and NREL models.

Eastern Wind Data Set
Provides energy professionals with a consistent set of wind profiles for the eastern United States. It features 10-minute, time-series wind data for 2004, 2005, and 2006. More than 1,326 simulated wind farm data points are available across the eastern United States.

Western Wind Data Set
Provides energy professionals with a consistent set of wind profiles across the western United States. Features 10-minute, time-series wind data for 2004, 2005, and 2006. More than 30,000 data points are available across the western United States.

Flatirons Campus Meteorological Tower Data
Includes live graphical displays and wind data.

Renewable Energy Atlas
View and explore renewable energy resource data.

Renewable Energy Potential Model
Empowers users to calculate renewable energy capacity, generation, and cost based on geospatial intersection with grid infrastructure and land-use characteristics.

Tribal Energy Atlas
Explore techno-economic renewable energy potential on tribal lands.

International Data

Renewable Energy Data Explorer
Features wind resource data for the following regions and countries:

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