Patent ID: 7822582

Claim:
A method for determining a location of a conversion device, for converting wind energy into electrical energy, via an electronic data processing system with a user interface, the method comprising: establishing one or more qualified wind data regions within a geographic area, the qualified wind data regions meeting or exceeding a wind velocity criteria over a requisite time period, the wind data regions based on physical measurements of wind for use within the data processing system; establishing accessible distribution zones where a desired range of electrical energy is distributable via existing distribution infrastructure, the distribution zones defined as routes or paths of transmission lines and corresponding capacity of the transmission lines along the routes or paths; determining candidate regions based on the overlap of the regions and the zones; obtaining land data associated with the candidate region including at least one of a land-use data and holder data, the holder data comprising information associated with an identity of a holder of an interest in real property associated with the candidate region, the land data comprising metes and bounds of the real property defined by geographic coordinates; and selecting a preferential region, for placement of an energy conversion device, from the candidate regions based on alignment of the metes and bounds of the land data with location data of the candidate regions.