Global Wind Map Shows Best Wind Farm Locations

North America was found to have the greatest wind power potential according to a new global wind power map that may help planners place turbines in locations that can maximize power from the winds and provide widely available low-cost energy.

After analyzing more than 8,000 wind speed measurements in an effort to identify the world’s wind power potential for the first time, Cristina Archer and Mark Jacobson of Stanford University suggest that wind captured at specific locations, if even partially harnessed, can generate more than enough power to satisfy the world’s energy demands.