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Wind Resource Information

Photo of five wind turbines at the Nine Canyon Wind Project.

The Nine Canyon Wind Project in Benton County, Washington, includes 37 wind turbines and 48 MW of capacity.

Detailed wind resource information can be found on NREL's Wind Research Web site. This site provides access to state and international wind resource maps.

In addition, RReDC offers Meteorological Field Measurements at Potential and Actual Wind Turbine Sites and a Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States.

Wind resource maps are also available from the NREL Dynamic Maps, GIS Data, and Analysis Tools Web site.