
NREL Wind Integration National Dataset
Provided by: National Renewable Energy Laboratory , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
Provided by: National Renewable Energy Laboratory , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative

NREL Wind Integration National Dataset
Provided by: National Renewable Energy Laboratory , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
Provided by: National Renewable Energy Laboratory , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
This product is part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative and contains data sets that are publicly available for anyone to access and use. No subscription is required. Unless specifically stated in the applicable data set documentation, data sets available through the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative are not provided and maintained by AWS.
Description
Released to the public as part of the Department of Energy's Open Energy Data Initiative, the Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) is an update and expansion of the Eastern Wind Integration Data Set and Western Wind Integration Data Set. It supports the next generation of wind integration studies.
License
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License
Documentation
How to cite
NREL Wind Integration National Dataset was accessed on DATE
from https://registry.opendata.aws/nrel-pds-wtk .
Update frequency
As Needed
Support information
Managed by: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact: wind-toolkit@nrel.gov
General AWS Data Exchange support
Resources on AWS
Description
NREL Wind Resource Datasets
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/
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Description
Source files for WIND Toolkit CONUS (2007-2014) in HDF5 format
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/conus/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/conus/
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Description
Source files for WIND Toolkit Canada (2007-2014) in HDF5 format
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/canada/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/canada/
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Description
Source files for WIND Toolkit Mexico (2007-2014) in HDF5 format
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/mexico/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/mexico/
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Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/wtk-us/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/wtk-us/
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Description
Techno-economic subset of the WIND Toolkit by location in netCDF format
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/wtk-techno-economic/pywtk-data/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/wtk-techno-economic/pywtk-data/
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Description
Data for the Eastern Wind Integration Study (2004-2006) in HDF5 format
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/eastern_wind/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/eastern_wind/
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Description
Data for the Western Wind Integration Study (2004-2006) in HDF5 format
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/western_wind/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/western_wind/
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Description
Mid Atlantic wind resource data with modeled wakes in HDF5 format
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/NOW-WAKES_Mid_Atlantic/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/NOW-WAKES_Mid_Atlantic/
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Description
Mid Atlantic three-dimensional planetary boundary layer (3D PBL) scheme wind resource data
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/mid_atlantic_3d_pbl/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/mid_atlantic_3d_pbl/
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Description
Bias Corrected NOAA HRRR Wind Resource Data for Grid Integration Applications
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/bchrrr/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/bchrrr/
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Description
Bias corrected Indonesia wind resource
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/indonesia/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/indonesia/
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Description
Long-Term ensemble dataset
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::nrel-pds-wtk/wtk-led/
AWS Region
us-west-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nrel-pds-wtk/wtk-led/
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Usage examples
Publications
- A Twenty-Year Analysis of Winds in California for Offshore Wind Energy Production Using WRF v4.1.2 by Alex Rybchuk, Mike Optis, Julie K. Lundquist, Michael Rossol, Walt Musial
- Overview and Meteorological Validation of the Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit by Caroline Draxl, Bri-Mathias Hodge, Andrew Clifton, Jim McCaa
- Power from wind: Open data on AWS by Caleb Phillips, Caroline Draxl, John Readey, Jordan Perr-Sauer
- The Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit by Caroline Draxl, Andrew Clifton, Bri-Mathias Hodge, Jim McCaa
- Validation of Power Output for the WIND Toolkit by J. King, Andrew Clifton, Bri-Mathias Hodge
- WTK-LED: The WIND Toolkit Long-Term Ensemble Dataset by Caroline Draxl, Jiali Wang, Lindsay Sheridan, et al.
Tools & Applications
- Wind Prospector by Paul Edwards
- Wind Visualization by Jordan Perr-Sauer