Resources for Determining Wind Feasability in Your Area
Wind Resource Maps
A wind resource map can be a valuable method of estimating the possible use of wind in a specific area. These maps have been produced in support of the Wind Powering America program. The 30 meter map is intended more for small wind applications, while the 50 meter map is based more for large scale projects.
The highest resource areas are found along the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay coastal areas, and on the ridges of western and northwestern New Jersey. Small wind resources can vary significantly in very localized areas, this is the purpose of having the New Jersey Anemometer Loan Program.
Maps originally hosted the US Department of Energy and are shown in this original format here.
The sponsor of the New Jersey wind maps is the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Unit of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Municipal Requirements
Another goal of Rowan University's Clean Energy Program was the determination of municipal requirements such as permits or variances needed in order to construct an anemometer within that township. The municipalities contacted for this were ones with an average wind speed greater than 5.5 m/s and those in which potential customers of the Anemometer Loan Program were located. The results are shown in the map below as well as in a spreadsheet for the smaller municipalities which may not be visible on the map.
