Wind Energy Market
From Kresge Library
[edit] Wind Energy Basics
The US Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has a section of the site devoted to the Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program. The site includes links to government funded research in wind energy (in the Programs section), information on current technologies used in wind power, and links to their DOE's two key deployment activities aimed at identifying and addressing barriers to wind technology include Wind Powering America and the Federal Wind Siting Information Center.
A variety of state wind resource maps are available, including installed wind capacity from 1999-present. More wind data is available from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States.
[edit] Associations and Industry Groups
Utility Wind Energy Group provides background information on the wind energy Industry in the United States.
The American Wind Energy Association also has some information on their web site in the Publications and Resources sections. There is a quick fact sheet listing the top 20 US states for wind energy potential.
Utility Wind Integration Group (UWIG). A summary table detailing markets and market rules for wind energy and capacity in North America is available.
