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Vermont's
WInd Resource
The New England Wind Map
The New
England Wind Map is for all of New England,
but zooming into any part of Vermont is possible. This
is currently the most accurate
wind
map available for the state of Vermont.
State Funded Wind Assesment
An older wind assessment was completed in 1999. The
Department of Public Service together with Green
Mountain Power Corporation, NRG
Systems and Vermont
Environmental Research Associates, Inc. (VERA) conducted
a wind resource assessment for Vermont. The goal
of
this project was to gather wind resource data which
would further the development of wind energy projects
in the state. This project conducted measurements at
four sites throughout the state that were representative
of the wind resource needed for commercial wind developments.
The measurement sites were geographically and topographically
dispersed.
There were four data collection sites in this project.
You can view a table of the monthly mean wind speed,
a graph of the diurnal mean wind speed, and a wind energy
rose for the first three sites listed below.
1. Mt. Mansfield (elev. ~4,000
ft.) in central Vermont
Monthly
mean wind speed
Diurnal
mean wind speed
Wind
energy rose
2. Burke Mountain (~3,000
ft.) in Northeast Vermont
Monthly mean
wind speed
Diurnal mean
wind speed
Wind energy rose
3. Grandpa's Knob (~2,000
ft.) near Rutland Vermont
Monthly mean
wind speed
Diurnal mean
wind speed
Wind energy
rose
4. Searsburg (~2,800 ft.) in Southern Vermont
The graphic to the right is a wind resource map developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with the data collected by this project. To view a larger version of the map (217kb), click here.
For more written information about the VT Wind Resource Assessment Project, see the Project Description (pdf 180kb) as well as the accompanying report, "Wind Resource Mapping of the State of Vermont" (pdf 820kb) by Ron Nierenberg, Consulting Meteorologist, and Dennis Elliot and Marc Schwartz of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
With further questions, please contact the Energy
Efficiency Division at the Department of Public Service, or call 800.642.3281.
If you are interested in a wind energy system check
out the Renewable
Energy Business Directory to find a VT wind energy
professional.
P.O. Box 1036 Montpelier, VT 05601
(802) 229-0099 
info@revermont.org
