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What is a wind turbine data archive?

The purpose of this archive is to compile public wind turbine data in one place for easy access. There is a focus on providing tabular power (and when available thrust) curve data in an accessible (.csv) format along with documentation. Disclaimer: This archive is in no means an endorsement of specific turbine models or individual companies.

What are wind speeds and generation based on?

The repository contains wind speeds and generation based on three different meteorological models: ERA5, MERRA2, and HRRR. Data are publicly accessible in simple csv files. Modeled generation is compared to regional and plant records, which highlights model biases and errors and how they differ by model, across regions, and across time frames.

What is a wind power curve?

The wind power curve indicates how much power a wind turbine should produce at any given wind speed. The maximum value from the wind power curve may be used in marketing wind turbines and for comparisons between competing models, so the values are sometimes higher than the actual output.

Where can I find wind speeds and estimated generation?

PLUSWIND provides wind speeds and estimated generation on an hourly basis at almost all wind plants across the contiguous United States from 2018–2021. The repository contains wind speeds and generation based on three different meteorological models: ERA5, MERRA2, and HRRR. Data are publicly accessible in simple csv files.

What is a statistical description of wind speed data?

A statistical description of wind speed data can give some useful information on wind speed, such as mean, variance, symmetry and flatness. We can also calculate them using Eqs. (7)- (10) and compare them with the statistical description in Table 1 to verify the rightness and effectiveness of our proposed method.

What percentage of electricity is generated by wind?

In 2022, wind generation accounted for ~10% of total electricity generation in the United States. As wind energy accounts for a greater portion of total energy, understanding geographic and temporal variation in wind generation is key to many planning, operational, and research questions.