Primary Uses
- Utility-scale wind prospecting
- Community and utility-scale met tower siting
- Portfolio site comparison
- Initial project feasibility
- Power capacity estimates
- Residential and commercial scale site assessment and ROI analysis
Gain confidence in the value of a potential site with an unbiased, third party assessment of both wind and power potential and the data necessary to perform your own analysis.
A valuable wind site requires strong winds when the electricity demand or the electricity price is highest. With easily interpreted figures and tables, the FirstLook Professional Wind Report provides the annual, monthly, and diurnal variability information you need to make an informed decision about your location and know when to expect the highest levels of energy generation.
A one year time-series data file accompanies the report to help you understand how your wind resource will perform throughout the year. You can also take planning a step further by uploading the data file to the software of your choice to perform additional power curve and statistical analysis.
Our wind prospecting reports are based on a seamless global dataset, which means you can compare multiple locations and know that the information for each site was calculated using the same exact method and the same proven science. A consistent approach to prospecting gives you a clear picture of the risks for every potential site in your portfolio.
Figure 1. Monthly Wind Roses
Figure 2. Annual Average Diurnal Variability
Figure 3. Plot of Annual Average Diurnal Variability
| Standard Report | Professional Report | |
| Map of the surrounding area | X | X |
| Annual average wind speed (with error bars) | X | X |
| Monthly average wind speed variability (with error bars) | X | X |
| Annual average wind speed weibull histogram | X | X |
| Annual average diurnal wind speed variability (with error bars) | X | X |
| Monthly average diurnal wind speed variability | X | |
| Annual wind rose | X | X |
| Monthly wind roses | X | |
| Monthly average power variability* | X | X |
| Annual average power histogram (power capacity) | X | X |
| Annual power rose | X | X |
| Monthly power roses | X | |
| Annual average diurnal power variability | X | X |
| CSV (Comma-separated value) data file | X |
The difference between annual mean wind speed data provided by FirstLook Reports and actual on-site measurements from NCAR/NCEP reanalysis is less than 0.5 m/s at 50% of the observational stations and less than 1 m/s at 78% of the stations. The overall bias is +0.05 m/s relative to NCEP-ADP observations, and the RMSE (Root Mean Square Error) is 0.93 m/s. Find our validation papers here.
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