Open AccessWind resource assessment and wind energy system cost analysis: Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Author(s) -
T.L. Olsen,
Eoghan McKenna
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/563188
Subject(s) - wind power , renewable energy , resource (disambiguation) , environmental science , offshore wind power , wind speed , meteorology , environmental resource management , marine engineering , engineering , computer science , geography , computer network , electrical engineering
The objective of this joint DOE and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) project is to determine whether wind turbines can reduce costs by providing power to US military facilities in high wind areas. In support of this objective, one year of data on the wind resources at several Fort Huachuca sites was collected. The wind resource data were analyzed and used as input to an economic study for a wind energy installation at Fort Huachuca. The results of this wind energy feasibility study are presented in the report