The World of Wind Atlases – Wind Atlases of the World

From the Foreword

"The European Wind Atlas is a major outcome of the European Communities' overall effort to promote the market for electricity production from the wind resource in Europe and to develop the technologies and systems associated with it.

This Atlas completes the information previously published in several national wind atlases, and it will doubtless become an essential tool for all planners of wind energy applications in the Community. The data in this new European Atlas are far more comprehensive than those given in previous works. Moreover, this Atlas provides for the first time a coherent overview of all the EC countries, including the large regions with complex terrain. The latter was a major achievement because reliable computer codes had to be developed especially for this task...

I trust that all those interested in the future development of wind energy utilization in Europe will appreciate this vast work and benefit from the comprehensive information it provides in their future activities."

– Dr. W. Palz, Commission of the European Communities (DG XII).