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Unnamed: 0 | Unnamed: 1 | Estimates of Windy1 Land Area and Wind Energy Potential, by State, for areas >= 30% Capacity Factor at 80m | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8
 |  |  | February 4, 2010 (updated April 13, 2011 to add Alaska and Hawaii)
These estimates show, for each of the 50 states and the total U.S., the windy land area with a gross capacity factor (without losses) of 30% and greater at 80-m height above ground and the wind energy potential that could be possible from development of the “available” windy land area after exclusions.  The “Installed Capacity” shows the potential megawatts (MW) of rated capacity that could be installed on the available windy land area, and the “Annual Generation” shows annual wind energy generation in gigawatt-hours (GWh) that could be produced from the installed capacity.   AWS Truewind, LLC developed the wind resource data for windNavigator[NAME] (http://navigator.awstruewind.com) with a spatial resolution of 200 m.  [NAME] produced the estimates of windy land area and windy energy potential, including filtering the estimates to exclude areas unlikely to be developed such as wilderness areas, parks, urban areas, and water features (see Wind Resource Exclusion Table for more detail).
 | Windy Land Area >= 30% Gross Capacity Factor at 80m |  |  |  |  |  | Wind Energy Potential
State | Total (km2) | Excluded2 (km2) | Available (km2) | Available % of State | % of Total Windy Land Excluded |  | Installed Capacity3 (MW) | Annual Generation (GWh)
Alabama | 80.36 | 56.72 | 23.64 | 0.0001768645065255821 | 0.7058237929318069 |  | 118.2 | 333.034
Alaska | 412610.72 | 313670.14 | 98940.57999999999 | 0.06571120626790111 | 0.760208411453779 |  | 494702.8999999999 | 1620791.616240001
Arizona | 4544.96 | 2364.14 | 2180.82 | 0.007386642763717122 | 0.5201673942124903 |  | 10904.1 | 30616
Arkansas | 4663.240000000001 | 2823.180000000001 | 1840.06 | 0.01335936388268538 | 0.6054116880109109 |  | 9200.3 | 26906.4
California | 26901.28 | 20079.24 | 6822.040000000001 | 0.01666718461190559 | 0.7464046320472483 |  | 34110.2 | 105646
Colorado | 95830.35999999999 | 18386.45999999999 | 77443.9 | 0.2872533729058339 | 0.1918646658532848 |  | 387219.5 | 1288490
Connecticut | 31.36 | 26.06 | 5.3 | 0.0004136514338875741 | 0.8309948979591837 |  | 26.5 | 72.887
Delaware | 36.56 | 34.66 | 1.9 | 0.0003739686338728979 | 0.9480306345733042 |  | 9.5 | 25.573
Florida | 9.56 | 9.48 | 0.08 | 5.481563583122704e-07 | 0.9916317991631799 |  | 0.4 | 1.125
Georgia | 281.28 | 255.26 | 26.02 | 0.0001708279443528956 | 0.9074943117178612 |  | 130.1 | 379.55
Hawaii | 4537 | 3884.02 | 652.98 | 0.03914128699054826 | 0.8560767026669606 |  | 3264.9 | 12363.28584
Idaho | 13420.4 | 9805.28 | 3615.119999999999 | 0.01670253472764453 | 0.7306250186283569 |  | 18075.6 | 52118.1
Illinois | 70763.56 | 20787.14000000001 | 49976.41999999999 | 0.3424848721586041 | 0.2937548647919919 |  | 249882.0999999999 | 763529
Indiana | 46255.24 | 16609.74 | 29645.5 | 0.3163389260728025 | 0.3590888297196167 |  | 148227.5 | 443912
Iowa | 134900.12 | 20757.28000000003 | 114142.84 | 0.7831653418918125 | 0.1538714717229312 |  | 570714.2 | 2026340
Kansas | 211861.32 | 21387.13999999998 | 190474.18 | 0.8938248368888766 | 0.1009487715832224 |  | 952370.9000000001 | 3646590
Kentucky | 48.72 | 36.6 | 12.12 | 0.000115802492161356 | 0.7512315270935961 |  | 60.59999999999999 | 173.284
Louisiana | 125.52 | 43.56 | 81.96 | 0.000693331564756965 | 0.347036328871893 |  | 409.8 | 1100.23
Maine | 6026.479999999999 | 3776.239999999999 | 2250.24 | 0.02690042596166536 | 0.6266079037846305 |  | 11251.2 | 33779.4
Maryland | 567.68 | 271.1 | 296.58 | 0.01177459850119818 | 0.4775577790304397 |  | 1482.9 | 4269.29
Massachusetts | 1708.96 | 1503.36 | 205.6 | 0.009919658485843258 | 0.8796929126486285 |  | 1028 | 3323.25
Michigan | 19761.32 | 7952.860000000001 | 11808.46 | 0.07850008455980506 | 0.4024457880344026 |  | 59042.3 | 169221
Minnesota | 121884.72 | 24030.60000000001 | 97854.12000000001 | 0.4483194021902173 | 0.1971584297030834 |  | 489270.6 | 1679480
Mississippi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  | 0 | 0
Missouri | 69676.84 | 14805.81999999999 | 54871.02 | 0.3039462086697341 | 0.2124927020226519 |  | 274355.1 | 810619
Montana | 232768.56 | 43967.68000000002 | 188800.88 | 0.4960303047881834 | 0.1888901147130868 |  | 944004.4 | 3228620
Nebraska | 199627.76 | 16028.02000000005 | 183599.74 | 0.9164200747791851 | 0.08028953488232321 |  | 917998.6999999998 | 3540370
Nevada | 5873.599999999999 | 4424.179999999999 | 1449.42 | 0.005061679417890453 | 0.7532314083356033 |  | 7247.1 | 20822.9
New Hampshire | 1663.84 | 1236.76 | 427.08 | 0.01781046542080707 | 0.7433166650639484 |  | 2135.4 | 6706.3
New Jersey | 280.84 | 254.48 | 26.36 | 0.001357399889183438 | 0.9061387266771115 |  | 131.8 | 372.924
New Mexico | 111445.8 | 13029.13999999998 | 98416.66000000002 | 0.3125149562629336 | 0.1169101033865788 |  | 492083.3000000001 | 1644970
New York | 17705.84 | 12549.58 | 5156.26 | 0.04103241779526652 | 0.7087819612060201 |  | 25781.3 | 74695.3
North Carolina | 1155.64 | 994.0999999999999 | 161.54 | 0.001267533533849595 | 0.860215984216538 |  | 807.7 | 2395.39
North Dakota | 182374.6 | 28335.43999999997 | 154039.16 | 0.8424557577056903 | 0.1553694428939116 |  | 770195.8 | 2983750
Ohio | 17189.88 | 6205.940000000002 | 10983.94 | 0.1027930206676492 | 0.3610228809043461 |  | 54919.7 | 151881
Oklahoma | 123243.64 | 19879.22000000003 | 103364.42 | 0.5709575547446223 | 0.1613001693231393 |  | 516822.0999999999 | 1788910
Oregon | 17109.8 | 11689.74 | 5420.059999999999 | 0.02158788529965724 | 0.6832189739213783 |  | 27100.3 | 80854.6
Pennsylvania | 2123.52 | 1462.08 | 661.4399999999999 | 0.005637596248421074 | 0.6885171790235081 |  | 3307.2 | 9672.99
Rhode Island | 74.03999999999999 | 64.72 | 9.32 | 0.003482653991599778 | 0.8741220961642356 |  | 46.6 | 152.602
South Carolina | 102.84 | 65.84 | 36.99999999999999 | 0.0004625774817281894 | 0.6402178140801245 |  | 185 | 504.189
South Dakota | 193828.28 | 17345.79999999999 | 176482.48 | 0.8836137612698226 | 0.08949055318449912 |  | 882412.4 | 3411690
Tennessee | 359.92 | 298.0599999999999 | 61.86 | 0.0005667544375608121 | 0.8281284729939986 |  | 309.3 | 900.001
Texas | 435638.6400000001 | 55332.70000000007 | 380305.94 | 0.5554054019319803 | 0.1270151334601542 |  | 1901529.7 | 6527850
Utah | 5273.56 | 2652.82 | 2620.74 | 0.01191870861692153 | 0.5030415886042825 |  | 13103.7 | 37103.6
Vermont | 2569.56 | 1979.82 | 589.74 | 0.02385220321653274 | 0.7704898893195722 |  | 2948.7 | 9162.55
Virginia | 1567.2 | 1208.54 | 358.66 | 0.003477224595784516 | 0.7711459928534967 |  | 1793.3 | 5394.8
Washington | 11932.6 | 8236.900000000001 | 3695.7 | 0.02116979970002433 | 0.6902854365352061 |  | 18478.5 | 55550.2
West Virginia | 1495.24 | 1118.6 | 376.6399999999999 | 0.006001760499415822 | 0.7481073272518125 |  | 1883.2 | 5820.49
Wisconsin | 30228.76 | 9477.340000000004 | 20751.42 | 0.1429130842128142 | 0.3135206339922644 |  | 103757.1 | 300136
Wyoming | 146166.24 | 35751.72 | 110414.52 | 0.4358469500488763 | 0.2445962898135712 |  | 552072.6 | 1944340
U.S. Total | 2988327.760000001 | 796945.3000000012 | 2191382.459999999 | 0.2236104551020408 | 0.2666860411590193 |  | 10956912.3 | 38552705.86108001
1  NREL’s wind potential estimates were based on maps produced by AWS Truewind using their MesoMap® system.
2  Excluded lands include protected lands (national parks, wilderness, etc.), incompatible land use (urban, airports, wetland, and water features), and other considerations.  See Table 1 for full listing.
3  Assumes 5 MW/km2 of installed nameplate capacity