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Resource Data and Maps
Make informed decisions with high-resolution wind resource data in an intuitive, powerful platform. ULTRUS® Windnavigator can help you accelerate your project feasibility assessments with easy access to high-quality, global datasets — so you can move forward with confidence.
Fast, data-driven decisions for project success
Gain the detail you need to select sites with the strongest and most reliable wind potential.
Leverage high-value data and intuitive reporting capabilities to clearly and confidently showcase value to your stakeholders.
Granular wind resource data at 200 m resolution for feasibility studies and preliminary energy yield assessments.
Formats available: GeoTIFF, shapefile, CSV
Accurately forecast with long-term wind datasets spanning 10-35+ years from industry-leading reanalysis models.
Formats available: CSV, JSON
Generate a full-year synthetic wind dataset based on long-term climate models.
Formats available: CSV, JSON
Provides a highly detailed breakdown on wind conditions, helping refine energy yield estimates for proposed wind farms.
Helps developers understand how wind speed fluctuations impact annual energy production.
Offers wind projections at multiple heights, assisting in your turbine selection and placement.
Seamlessly integrate high-resolution wind resource data in Geographic Information System (GIS) and wind energy software for site planning and analysis.
Formats available: GeoTiff, shapefile, KMZ
Windnavigator is one of the essential tools within the ULTRUS® Wind Developer Suite, a fully integrated software platform designed to support developers, engineers and asset managers through every stage of wind energy life cycle.
Windnavigator’s datasets are validated against thousands of met mast measurements, providing high-precision wind estimates at any location.
No waiting for custom data requests — access global reanalysis datasets, WRGs and time series data instantly.
High-resolution wind data improves turbine siting, wake modeling and financial forecasting, empowering data-driven investment decisions.
Schedule a demo with a UL Solutions software expert today.
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Windnavigator Resource Data and Maps is now part of ULTRUS software, which brings together flagship digital offerings from UL Solutions to help customers meet their regulatory, supply chain and sustainability challenges.
Wind resource maps and their corresponding data serve as the precursors to prospecting and early-stage feasibility studies in wind project development.
Our technical report, Northern America Wind Map: Methods and Validation, describes the methods and models behind the 2024 wind map, providing further insights into how we achieved these advancements.
UL Solutions’ 2025 European Wind Map features enhanced wind modeling with 200 m resolution and heights up to 300 m, improving accuracy and insights for wind developers across Europe.
Delve into the validation results and practical applications of Northern America wind maps in ULTRUS® Windnavigator.
The new Renewable Resource Assessment Platform combines methods, data, software and steps required to perform energy yield assessments, helping users quickly determine which wind projects to develop and/or invest in.
Windnavigator is a wind resource data platform that provides high-resolution wind maps, historical climate datasets, and GIS-ready wind data for site selection and feasibility studies. It enables wind developers to assess wind energy potential with accuracy and confidence before making investment decisions.
Mesoscale modeling simulates atmospheric conditions at a regional scale (1-100 km resolution). It captures wind behavior over large areas and accounts for synoptic weather patterns, making it essential for long-term wind resource assessments and climate modeling.
Microscale modeling focuses on localized wind flow (less than 1 km resolution), capturing fine-scale effects such as terrain roughness, vegetation and buildings. It improves wind speed accuracy at specific turbine locations, reducing uncertainty in energy yield estimates.
A WRG is a dataset that provides wind speed, Weibull parameters and power density at various hub heights. Developers use WRGs for early-stage site assessments, met tower siting and wind farm design validation.
Windnavigator delivers 200 m-resolution wind maps, long-term reanalysis datasets (MERRA-2, ERA5, WRF), and GIS-compatible export formats for easy integration into wind modeling software.
The Weibull distribution is a statistical model that describes wind speed variability at a given location. The two parameters, Weibull A (scale) and Weibull k (shape), help predict energy production potential and turbine efficiency.
Yes, Windnavigator supports export formats such as GeoTIFF, shapefile (.shp), Google Earth (KMZ), CSV and JSON, making it easy to use in GIS platforms and energy modeling software.
