Announcements (Updated 2/14/08)
The Virginia State-Based Anemometer Loan Program based at James Madison University was established in 2001 and has served more than 30 sites throughout the Commonwealth since then. In 2007, the program was temporarily halted to allow time for equipment upgrades and program assessment. The Virginia SBALP will resume operation, with updated mission and protocols, in Spring 2008.
Featured Photo (Delaplane, VA (Oct. 2003)
Wind News in the Region
Wind is Given 2nd Look As Energy Needs Grow, Washington Post (Aug. 3rd, 2008)
Community Wind Energy 2008, Windustry (Feb. 28th, 2008)
USDA Outreach Conference at Virginia State University, USDA (Feb. 28th, 2008)
2008 Renewable Energy Workshops, North Carolina Wind Energy (Feb. 25th 2008)
Wind farm proposed near Elkins, Charleston Gazette (Feb. 13th, 2008)
An Island Of Energy, Daily News Record (Feb. 6th, 2008)
Wind Data Locations by County
Data Collected at 20 Meters
Accomack - Henry's Point (near Accomac)
Albemarle - Bucks Elbow Mtn (near Crozet)
Amherst - Vesuvius
Augusta - Stuarts Draft
Carroll - Cana
Cumberland - Cartersville
Fauquier - Delaplane
Floyd - Buffalo Mtn, Floyd proper, Willis Ridge
Franklin - Rocky Mount
Grayson - Independence, Whitetop
Highland - Bluegrass, McDowell
Lancaster - Kilmarnock
Loudoun - Bluemont
Nelson - Afton
Northampton - Eastville, Oyster (Northampton County Landfill)
Northumberland - Reedville
Rockbridge - Lexington
Rockingham - Grottoes, Keezletown
Tazewell - Burkes Garden, Cedar Bluff
Data Collected above 20 Meters Including 50-meter Tower Data
Northampton - Cape Charles
Official Release of Wind Data Policy
SBALP data will be processed and error checked in-house after one year of data has been collected. The data and resulting analyses will at that time be posted above.
If an individual or organization wishes to obtain a partial data set before the year term has completed and data have been processed, they must submit a request via email to Patrick Wilson at wilsonpr@jmu.edu. The raw data will be emailed in a response. This email will reiterate that the data have not yet been error-checked nor has analysis been performed.
