Weekly Observations

  • Another week of poor wind resource. October wind speeds tracking down 8% y/y, driven by slow wind speeds in California and Eastern states
  • Northwest is the one area where wind speeds have been firm through October
  • Despite poor wind speeds, wind power generation is doing ok due to higher capacity (new farms online). In Texas and Northwest, generation is tracking up 10-20% y/y.

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About Lium's Windometer

This exercise synthesizes data from a wide range of sources in the U.S. wind power market to reveal trends in generation, utilization, and the strength of the wind resource itself. The weekly snapshot also provides historical context for this week’s wind market in the U.S. relative to prior periods.  
 

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