Annual average offshore wind speed (m/s) at a 90m height, Pacific Coast U.S.

Feb 24, 2011 (Last modified May 14, 2011)
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Annual average offshore wind speed for the Pacific Coast (California, Oregon, and Washington) at a 90 meter height. Available from NREL at http://www.nrel.gov/renewable_resources/ . This version was last updated on 8/23/2010.
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The offshore wind resource data were originally estimated by AWS Truepower as part of an onshore wind mapping project. These data have been extrapolated to 90 m and interpolated to 50 nautical miles by NREL.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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