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Business Meeting #16

Government and Utility Wind Monitoring Projects
In the Northern Great Plains Region

NORTH DAKOTA

Region: Fort Yates
Sponsor: Standing Rock Sioux
Program. Manager: Jay Haley
# Sites: 2
Data: 10, 30, 40 m
Years: 1996 Aug - 1997 July
Data Avail: Public

Region: Turtle Mountain
Sponsor: Turtle Mountain Ojibwe
Prog. Manager: Jay Haley
# Sites: 3
Data: 10, 30, 40 m
Years: 1996 Aug - 1997 July
Data Avail: Public

Region: Fort Totten
Sponsor: Devils Lake Sioux
Prog. Manager: Jay Haley
# Sites: 7
Data: 10 - 70 m (varies)
Years: 1993 Jan - 1997 Dec
Data Avail: Some Public

Region: Statewide
Sponsor: State Utilities & EPRI
Prog. Manager: Earl Davis
# Sites: 8
Data: 10, 25, 40 m
Years: 1994 Aug - 1996 August
Data Avail: 10 m seasonal averages

SOUTH DAKOTA

Region: Black Hills
Sponsor: Black Hills Power and Light
Prog. Manager: Abdul Hasan, High Plains Center, South Dakota School of
Mines and Technology; Don Martinez, BHP&L
# Sites: 4
Data: 20, 30 m
Years: 1994 Sept - 1995 Aug, Continuing
Data Avail: Proprietary

Region: Eastern SD
Sponsor: NREL, DOE, Utilities
Prog. Manager: Marc Schwartz
# Sites: 1
Data: To be determined
Years: 1996 - 1999
Data Avail: CONFRRM Database, internet, NREL

NEBRASKA

Region: Statewide
Sponsor: Nebraska Power Association/ State Energy Office
Prog. Manager: Patrick Hurley, Global Energy Concepts
# Sites: 8
Data: 10, 25, 40 m; 50 m at 3 sites
Years: 1995 April - 1998 March (or 1998 Dec)
Data Avail: Internet: hpcc.unl.edu (or 402/472-6706)

KANSAS

Region: Statewide
Sponsor: Kansas Electric Utilities Research Program (U-WRAP)
Prog. Manager: Jerry Lonergan/Richard Nelson
# Sites: 6
Data: 10, 25, 40 m
Years: 1996 Feb - 1998 Jan (or 1998 June)
Data Avail: To be determined

MINNESOTA

Region: Wind Region Study; Statewide
Sponsor: Utilities, Department of Public Service
Prog. Manager: Rory Artig
# Sites: 34
Data: 30 m
Years: 1983 - 1995; at least 3-years data at all sites
Data Avail: Summaries of all sites

Region: Wind-Solar-Load Correlation, Buffalo Ridge
Sponsor: DOE, NSP, Department of Public Service
Prog. Manager: Rory Artig
# Sites: 5
Data: 20, 30, 40 m, solar radiation monitors at each site
Years: 1993 - 1995
Data Avail: Public, 1996 September

Region: Wind Reference Sites; West, South
Sponsor: Department of Public Service
Prog. Manager: Rory Artig
# Sites: 15
Data: 30, 50, 70 m, 2/level
Years: 1996 - indefinite
Data Avail: To be determined

Region: Tall Tower Study; West, South
Sponsor: Department of Public Service
Prog. Manager: Rory Artig
# Sites: 5
Data: 10, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 m; 2/level
Years: 1996 - ?
Data Avail: Public

Region: Northwest
Sponsor: Otter Tail Power
Prog. Manager: Brian Morlock
# Sites: 5
Data: 20, 30, 40 m
Years: 1994 - 1996
Data Avail: Public; Department of Public Service

IOWA

Region: Statewide
Sponsor: Iowa Energy Center
Prog. Manager: Tom Factor
# Sites: 13
Data: 10, 30, 50 m, + 100 m at 5 sites
Years: 1994 - 1997
Data Avail: To be determined

MISSOURI

Region: In State
Sponsor: NREL, DOE, Utilities
Prog. Manager: Marc Schwartz
# Sites: 1
Data: To be determined
Years: 1996 - 1999
Data Avail: CONFRRM Database, internet, NREL

WISCONSIN

Region: Statewide
Sponsor: Renewable Energy Assistance Program
Prog. Manager: Dan Moran
# Sites: 9
Data: 10, 30, 40 m (3 sites); 10 m (6 sites)
Years: 1994-1997
Data Avail: Public; Call Wisconsin Energy Bureau

Region: Statewide
Sponsor: IOU's
Prog. Manager: Jay VanCampenhout, Wisconsin Pub. Svc. Co.
# Sites: 12-15
Data: 10, 30, 40 m
Years: 1996-2000
Data Avail: Public; Call Wisconsin Energy Bureau

Region: Southeast
Sponsor: Utilities (Advance Plan 6)
Prog. Manager: Jay VanCampenhout, Wisconsin Pub. Svc. Co.
# Sites: 4
Data: 35 m
Years: 1994 - 1996
Data Avail: to be determined

 
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