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Wind power resource, existing turbines, and turbine exclusion zones for Western Europe.
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The amount of wind power available in an area depends on the average wind speed at the turbine's hub height. This map uses multi-year averages to calculate the wind power output that would come from a Siemens wind turbine.
New wind turbines are prohibited or discouraged from being built within several hundred meters of certain areas. The following exclusion zones and their listed buffer zones are included in the map above:
We at windpower.org believe that the transition to renewable energy is necessary for the good of our planet, economy, and public health. By layering maps of wind resource availability and turbine exclusion zones, we hope this site will aid in the development of clean, renewable energy.
Peter is an Industrial Ph.D. candidate at Siemens Wind Power and the Department
of Business Development and Technology at Aarhus University in Denmark.
He researches the physical, economical, and social impacts of wind energy
development in Dr.
Benjamin Sovacool’slab.
Mary is a Ph.D. candidate in the Atmosphere/Energy program in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. She uses computational math to model air pollution, climate change, and renewable energy in Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson’slab.