Helping developers map out renewable energy source

Remember the thrill of checking out your house from outer space with Google Earth? Now a Seattle company wants you to know whether there’s enough wind to power it with renewable energy.

3Tier, a weather-consulting service geared toward renewable-energy developers, is expected to release a global wind map, available free on the Web.
The company also aims to create a similar tool to portray the potential of solar energy, to be released within the next 18 months.

The wind map doubles as evangelism for Aeolic energy and as a promotional tool for 3Tier. It will provide average yearly wind data over a 15 square kilometer area; if users are interested, they can request a more detailed report from the company.

Seattle Times