Title: Complete a site analysis for a potential wind-power system.
Course: Renewable Energy (17105) > Section: Determining Requirements for Installing Wind Power Systems

Completion should include

- wind speed monitoring
- wind direction monitoring
- wind vane (i.e., weathervane)
- anemometer
- data acquisition
- sonic detection and ranging (SODAR)
- light detection and ranging (LIDAR).

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why should sites be monitored prior to the installation of a wind turbine?
- Why should one measure the wind speed and direction of the wind?
- Why should one measure the wind speed and direction at multiple heights and in two directions at each height?
- What is an appropriate amount of time to measure the wind?
- Why is data acquisition important on residential- to utility-scale wind turbines?
- What is a SODAR, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of using it over a traditional anemometer and wind vane?
- What is a LIDAR, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of using it over a traditional anemometer and wind vane?