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Wind resource maps Hawaiian Electric Company, Maui Electric Company, the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are funding a project to develop high-resolution wind resource maps for Hawaii.  VALIDATED wind maps are provided below.

Kauai

Kauai - wind power at 50 meters (1,071 kb) Kauai - wind speed at 30 meters (1,137 kb) Kauai - wind speed at 50 meters (1,134 kb) Kauai - wind speed at 70 meters (1,137 kb) Kauai - wind speed at 100 meters (1,137 kb)

Oahu	Oahu - wind power at 50 meters (1,696 kb) Oahu - wind speed at 30 meters (1,896 kb) Oahu - wind speed at 50 meters (1,735 kb) Oahu - wind speed at 70 meters (1,849 kb) Oahu - wind speed at 100 meters (1,837 kb)

Maui County	Maui County (Maui, Molokai, & Lanai) - wind power at 50 meters (1,742 kb) Maui County (Maui, Molokai, & Lanai) - wind speed at 30 meters (1,953 kb) Maui County (Maui, Molokai, & Lanai) - wind speed at 50 meters (1,801 kb) Maui County (Maui, Molokai, & Lanai) - wind speed at 70 meters (1,893 kb) Maui County (Maui, Molokai, & Lanai) - wind speed at 100 meters (1,882 kb)
Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe

Hawaii

Hawaii Island - wind power at 50 meters (1,656 kb) Hawaii Island - wind speed at 30 meters (1,873 kb) Hawaii Island - wind speed at 50 meters (1,700 kb) Hawaii Island - wind speed at 70 meters (1,799 kb) Hawaii Island - wind speed at 100 meters (1,792 kb)

STATE OF HAWAII - including offshore

Maps These maps have a grid resolution of 200 meters and provide wind speeds at 30, 50, 70, and 100 meters as well as wind power densities at 50 meters.  These maps have been validated by local meteorologists and by NREL.  The high-resolution wind resource maps can be reviewed in Adobe PDF format. If you have difficulty with PDF files, RIGHT-CLICK and "save target as" and save the file(s) to your desktop, then open the file directly from the desktop.

Statewide - wind power at 50 meters (1,874 kb) Statewide - wind speed at 30 meters (2,019 kb) Statewide - wind speed at 50 meters (1,975 kb) Statewide - wind speed at 70 meters (1,983 kb) Statewide - wind speed at 100 meters (1,978 kb)   Kauai - wind power at 50 meters (1,071 kb) Kauai - wind speed at 30 meters (1,137 kb) Kauai - wind speed at 50 meters (1,134 kb) Kauai - wind speed at 70 meters (1,137 kb) Kauai - wind speed at 100 meters (1,137 kb)   Oahu - wind power at 50 meters (1,696 kb) Oahu - wind speed at 30 meters (1,896 kb) Oahu - wind speed at 50 meters (1,735 kb) Oahu - wind speed at 70 meters (1,849 kb) Oahu - wind speed at 100 meters (1,837 kb)   Maui County (Maui, Molokai, & Lanai) - wind power at 50 meters (1,742 kb) Maui County (Maui, Molokai, & Lanai) - wind speed at 30 meters (1,953 kb) Maui County (Maui, Molokai, & Lanai) - wind speed at 50 meters (1,801 kb) Maui County (Maui, Molokai, & Lanai) - wind speed at 70 meters (1,893 kb) Maui County (Maui, Molokai, & Lanai) - wind speed at 100 meters (1,882 kb)   Hawaii Island - wind power at 50 meters (1,656 kb) Hawaii Island - wind speed at 30 meters (1,873 kb) Hawaii Island - wind speed at 50 meters (1,700 kb) Hawaii Island - wind speed at 70 meters (1,799 kb) Hawaii Island - wind speed at 100 meters (1,792 kb)

The Wind View CD is available by mail. Please call (808) 587-3809 or email mtome @ dbedt.hawaii.gov. It includes the ArcReader software, wind rose CSV and JPG files, DAT files, shapefiles, *.nit files, grids (*.adf files), and a user manual. When the CD-ROM is inserted, the image shown at the left is displayed. You can view the User Guide, install the ArcReader software, or download the Wind View project files. If you need the data RIGHT NOW and can't wait for the CD-ROM, you MAY be able to make use of the GI file below. Instructions on how to create a CD from a GI file (assuming you have a compatible CD-ROM burner and software) are available in your hardware documentation or online from Sony; or, see the CD-ROM FAQ. If your CD-ROM burner software doesn't use GI files, it may not work. This might be frustrating, if you've already spent 3 hours downloading the huge file below, so check compatibility first. CAUTION: the Global Image file is LARGE: 529 Megabytes. Download windview_cd-rom.gi (529 Megabytes)

Data

Some of the publicly-available wind energy resource data collected over the years has been compiled and is available in text and Excel file formats below. Summaries of the data are provided below. This is for general information only; data collection methods, time periods, and completeness vary considerably between data sets, so summary data should not be used for siting or determining the feasibility of a wind turbine or wind farm installation without additional verification of the data and/or data collection. Data from three data collection efforts are provided below: Data collected between 1980 and 1982 under a U.S. Department of Energy Program. Data collection sites were: Ilio Point, Molokai Kahua Ranch, Hawaii Kahuku Point, Oahu Data collected between 1992 and 1994 under the Hawaii Energy Strategy project. Data collection sites were: Anahola, Kauai North of Hanapepe, Kauai   From HES-5: Map of Kauai and discussion: /hes3/plan.html#list-kauai NW slope of Haleakala, Maui (NifTal) Puunene, Maui   From HES-5: Map of Maui and discussion: /hes3/plan.html#list-maui Kaena Point, Oahu Kahuku, Oahu   From HES-5: Map of Oahu and discussion: /hes3/plan.html#list-oahu Saddle between Kohala Mts. and Mauna Kea, Hawaii (Lalamilo Wells) Southwest of Waimea, Hawaii (Lalamilo Wells) Upolu Point, Hawaii (North Kohala) Kahua, Hawaii (Kahua Ranch)   From HES-5: Map of Big Isle and discussion: /hes3/plan.html#list-hawaii   Data from Kahua Ranch, September 1994 - August 1995, 90' AGL: THRSep94toAug95.xls (3,079 kb file) This is not a comprehensive list. Other data sets exist. If you have wind energy data for Hawaii and are interested in making this data publicly available, please call (808) 587-3809 or email mtome @ dbedt.hawaii.gov. Thank you.