WIND Toolkit Download

WIND Toolkit Download#

The WIND Toolkit Download window allows you to download a weather file with wind resource data for locations covered by the NLR WIND Toolkit. See Wind Resource for a description of the toolkit.

To download a weather file from the NLR WIND Toolkit:

  1. Choose the Street address or zip code or Location coordinates (deg) option and type a latitude and longitude, street address, or zip code for the wind turbine or wind farm location.

  2. Choose a time step in minutes. Available time steps are 5,  15, 30, and 60 minutes.

  3. Choose a year.

  4. Choose one or more measurement heights above the ground.

  5. Click OK to download the file to the folder in the path for the Use a wind resource file stored on your computer option on the Wind Resource page..

Note

Downloads with multiple measurement heights and/or shorter time steps may take a long time to download. To minimize download times, choose two or three measurement heights near the turbine hub height you plan to model.