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Wisconsin Wind Study Reports

Offshore Wind Study (July 04)- author Robert Owen, Jr.

Harnessing Wisconsin's Energy Resources:
An Initial Investigation Into Great Lakes Wind Development (January 09)
A Report to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
DOCKET 5-EI-144

 

Monitoring project by Seventh Generation Energy Services :

As part of the Focus on Energy Program's Renewable Research Program, monitoring was performed at additional locations in Wisconsin to prepare for a more comprehensive state wind map.

See map and data for downloading

 

Wind Map Supplements

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SGES Data

Wisconsin Wind Resource Assessment Program (WRAP) and Report, 1997-2001

For an overview of the project, download the final report.

Click on map monitoring sites for data selection and downloading.
Each site location zip file extracts to two spreadsheet files in Excel format. The unzipped data files may be between 7 and 10 MB for each location.

 

WRAP wind data map Site 401-Spring Valley Site 402-Abbotsford Site 403-Rib Lake Site 404-Cornucopia Site 405-Sturgeon Bay Site 406-Monfort Site 407-Rock River Site 408-Eden Site 409-Honeymoon Hill Site 410-Wind Shear Study Site 411-Clay Banks Site 412-Tomah Site 413-Hurley Site 414-Deforest

Monitoring Station Demographics

Site #

Site Name

Elevation

Latitude

Longitude

Data Collection Period

401

Spring Valley

370 m
(1215 ft)

44º53’ N

92º14’ W

11/09/97 – 1/31/01

402

Abbotsford

450 m
(1475 ft)

44º59’ N

90º18’ W

11/10/97 – 1/31/01

403

Rib Lake

500 m
(1640 ft)

45º17’ N

90º15’ W

11/12/97 – 4/11/00

404

Cornucopia

310 m
(1015 ft)

46º49’ N

91º06’ W

11/13/97 – 1/31/01

405

Sturgeon Bay

250 m
(820 ft)

42º36’ N

89º54’ W

11/20/97 – 1/31/01

406

Montfort

340 m
(1115 ft)

42º57’ N

90º26’ W

11/14/97 – 1/31/01

407

Rock River

285 m
(930 ft)

43º26’ N

88º18’ W

08/13/98 – 9/12/01

408

Eden

400 m
(1320 ft)

43º43’ N

88º17’ W

07/09/98 – 7/11/01

409

Honeymoon Hill

330 m
(1080 ft)

43º58’ N

88º05’ W

06/12/98 – 6/27/01

410

Wind Shear Study

299 m
(981 ft)

44º20’ N

87º95’ W

11/09/99 – 9/30/01

411

Clay Banks

255 m
(835 ft)

44º44’ N

87º20’ W

07/08/98 – 7/12/01

412

Tomah

445 m
(1460 ft)

43º53’ N

90º35’ W

06/26/98 – 7/12/01

413

Hurley

555 m
(1825 ft)

46º25’ N

90º14’ W

07/24/98 – 10/2/01

414

DeForest

323 m
(1060 ft)

44º22’ N

87º59’ W

10/05/00 – 9/30/01

 

Monitoring project by Seventh Generation Energy Services :

As part of the Focus on Energy Program's Renewable Research Program, monitoring was performed at additional locations in Wisconsin to prepare for a more comprehensive state wind map.

Click on map monitoring sites for data selection and downloading.
Each site location zip file extracts to one spreadsheet file in Excel format. The unzipped data files may be between 2.5 and 9.5 MB for each location.

sges monitored sites Site706-River Ridge Site 707-Racine Site 708-Randolph Site 709-Elcho Site 902-Cleveland

Site #

Site Name

Coordinates

Elev (ft)

0705

Elkhorn

N 42 41.606'

W 88 26.121'

1027

0706

River Ridge

N 42 56.959'

W 90 58.727'

N/A

0707

Racine

N 42.72833

W 87.73667

584

0708

Randolph

N 43 34.122'

W 89 04.293'

1027

0709

Elcho

N 45 25.645'

W 89 10.756'

1644

Commissioning Form Files (pdf)

0705

Elkhorn

0706

River Ridge

0707

Racine

0708

Randolph

0709

Elcho
 

Cleveland (Lakeshore Technical College)