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Case study:
Modelling site suitability for wind farms

Class Materials

The Manual is split into 5 sections under the headings below. (It is also available to download in pdf format)

Introduction
Context
GIS data management
GIS modelling and analysis
Results and outcomes

Appendix 1 - Mini-Manual 1: ETSU NOABL WIND-SPEED DATA. Saving and Converting (also available as a pdf)
Appendix 2 - Mini Manual 2: Digimap DATA DOWNLOAD and Converting NTF Files with MapManager 6.2 (also available as a pdf)

The DTI Wind Speed Database Extractor is a sample application that is available to download from: http://www4.dti.gov.uk/energy/renewables/technologies/windspeed/ [opens in a new window]. A DOS version of the program is also available from: http://www.bwea.com/noabl/ [opens in a new window].

Fig 2: View of the DTI Wind Speed Database Extractor application.

References and Resources

Resources

http://www.windpower.org [opens in a new window].
Website of the Danish Wind Industry Association (2001)

http://www.britishwindenergy.co.uk/ [opens in a new window].
Website of the British Wind Energy Association and on-line address for Wind Speed Programme

http://www.english-nature.org.uk/pubs/gis/gis_register.asp [opens in a new window].
Website of English Nature containing access to free maps of SSSI's. These are in a number of different formats, mostly linked to MapInfo and DXF.

References

Anderson, M. (Ed.) (1996). Wind Energy Conversion: Proceedings of the 18th BWEA Wind Energy Conference. London, 1996, Mechanical Engineering Publications.

Brocklehurst, F. (1999) A review of the UK Onshore Wind Energy Resource. London, ETSU.

BWEA (1994) Best Practice Guidelines for Wind Energy Development. London, BWEA.

Hunt, V.D. (1981) Wind Power: A Handbook on Wind Energy Conversion Systems. New York, Prism.

Longley, P. et. al. (2000) Geographic Information Systems and Science, London, Wiley.

Last updated: July 11, 2003