Announcing windNavigator

A state-of-the-art interactive tool based on the popular GoogleMaps®, windNavigator allows for the convenient exploration and purchase via the internet of highly accurate and detailed wind resource maps and data for the conterminous United States.

For over a decade AWS Truewind has been the leader in the science and application of wind mapping for all types of wind climates worldwide. Our emphasis on high-resolution modeling and extensive validation has resulted in products that energy developers and government planners rely upon for siting projects and assessing development potential.

AWS Truewind has taken the step of making our mapping products more accessible to support the accelerating expansion of wind power.

windNavigator has many attractive features:

• Convenience: Online access available anytime, anywhere; all the user needs is an internet connection.
• Accuracy: Objectively determined standard error margin of 0.35 m/s for the mean speed at 80 m.
• Reliability: Wind resource data from MesoMap, the most widely tested and validated wind mapping system in use today.
• Detail: High-resolution wind information at a refined grid scale of 200 m, plus multiple heights above ground. Terrain and demographic data available, too.
• Customization: Project-scale maps and GIS data provide a clear picture of the wind resource and its spatial variability over an area of the user’s choosing.