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814-472-2872
renewable@francis.edu

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117 Evergreen Drive
P.O. Box 600
Loretto, PA 
15940-0600
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Community Wind Project Assessment Site Data

 

                                            

 Met Tower Locations

 

 

Assessment Sites

12 Months of Data Collection Completed:
Click a linked site to open a pdf report.

                        City                                     County                   Average Wind Speed (50 m)

                  1)  Rockwood, PA                             Somerset                              10.80 mph (Class 1)

                  2)  Boswell, PA
                                 Somerset                              10.20 mph (Class 1)

                  3)  
Portage, PA                                 Cambria                                10.20 mph (Class 1)

                  4)  Ebensburg, PA                             Cambria                               13.87 mph (Class 2)             

                  5)  Patton, PA                                   Cambria                                15.30 mph (Class 3)

                  6)  Greenfield Township, PA               Erie                                      12.70 mph (Class 2)

                  7)  Garret, PA                                   Somerset                              12.1 mph (Class 1)

                  8)  Blue Knob, PA                              Blair                                     11.95 mph (Class 1)

                  9)  Palmerton, PA                              Carbon                                 15.72 mph (Class 3)


Wondering what the "class" means above?  Click here for more on how "wind classes" are designated..

Current Sites Where Data Collection is On-Going:                 

                        City                                        County

                  10)  Freeland, PA                               Luzerne

                  11)  Chambersburg, PA                      Franklin

                  12)  Mercersburg, PA                         Franklin

                        

Interested in our raw wind data?  Click here.  Note:  raw wind data must be processed and analyzed with the proper software program and by itself is not understandable by the average person.  We provide raw wind data to consulting firms, research institutions, wind energy developers and others who have an understanding of how to process and analyze raw wind data and who want to do their own analysis.

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