NREL Wind Integration Datasets

Both datasets provide ten minute time-series wind data for 2004, 2005, and 2006. This means that if you are investigating an overall good wind site but that, for example, 2004 happened to be a bad year for that site, then the time-series results for 2004 will likely reflect the poor resource during that year.

Conversely, one year of data from this wind dataset might show a good wind resource due to interannual variations, yet the long-term average resource may be lower. The Eastern Wind Dataset was originally created for the Eastern Wind Integration and Transmission Study, and the Western Wind Dataset was originally created for the Western Wind and Solar Integration Study. These Wind Integration Datasets are intended to be used by energy professionals such as transmission planners, utility planners, project developers, and university researchers.