INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
A leader in the renewable energy industry with more than 250 customers, WindLogics is highly regarded for its expertise and insight. In that spirit, we’ve assembled this collection of useful renewable energy articles, presentations, commentaries and links to other industry resources. Please visit again frequently to see new updates and insights.
Published R&D Studies
Minnesota Wind Resource Maps
A series of maps, developed for the Minnesota Department of Commerce, to depict average wind annual wind speeds at 30, 80 and 100 meters above ground surface, along with capacity factors and energy production for a typical 1.65 MW wind turbine.
Minnesota Wind Resource Maps (PDF)
Minnesota Wind Integration Studies
Studies analyzing the cost and reliability issues associated with generating up to 25% of Minnesota’s retail electric energy using wind power.
2004 Minnesota Wind Integration Study (PDF)
2006 Minnesota Wind Integration Study, Volume I (PDF)
2006 Minnesota Wind Integration Study, Volume II (PDF)
Technical papers
Published in North American Windpower
Incorporating Weather Analysis in Performance Assessment
A new method for examining wind resource impacts on plant performance, involving careful meteorological analysis combined with comprehensive long-term site and/or portfolio analysis.
Incorporating Weather Analysis in Performance Assessment (PDF)
The Long-Term Wind Resource
A summary of research into different sources of long-term wind data, their correlation with tall tower data, and errors associated with wind resource estimates.
The Long-Term Wind Resource Part 1 - Data Sources for Predicting Wind Plant Performance (PDF)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Using Reanalysis Data for Hourly Wind Resource Estimates (PDF)
WINDPOWER 2010, May 24-26, 2010
A Mass-Conserving Wind Field Model Run Directly from
Tower Observations(PDF)
WINDPOWER 2010, May 24-26, 2010
Turbine Nacelle Anemometers – A Valuable Resource for
Forecasting and
Operational Assessment (PDF)
WINDPOWER 2010, May 24-26, 2010
Links to OTHER industry organizations
American Wind Energy Association
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) promotes wind energy as a clean source of electricity for consumers around the world.
www.awea.org
American Council on Renewable Energy
The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) works to bring all forms of renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s economy and lifestyle.
www.acore.org
Canadian Wind Energy Association
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is a non-profit trade association that promotes the appropriate development and application of all aspects of wind energy in Canada.
www.canwea.ca
European Wind Energy Association
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) is the voice of the wind industry - actively promoting the utilization of wind power in Europe and worldwide.
www.ewea.org
Latin American Wind Energy Association
The Wind Energy Association Latin America, LAWEA, promotes the use of Wind Energy as a clean electricity source to be supplied to Latin America countries.
www.lawea.org/ing/
Utility Wind Integration Group
The mission of the Utility Wind Integration Group (UWIG) is to accelerate the development and application of good engineering and operational practices supporting the appropriate integration of wind power into the electric system.
www.uwig.org
Windustry
Windustry is a non-profit organization working to increase wind energy opportunities for rural landowners and communities.
www.windustry.org
Wind on the Wires
Wind on the Wires works to overcome hurdles such as removing bottlenecks in the transmission system, and ensuring that the "rules of the road" give wind energy equal access to transmission lines.
www.windonthewires.org
