Afghanistan Wind Power Density at 50-m Above Ground Level GIS Data

Description

This dataset was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for the [U.S. Agency for International Development'](http://www.usaid.gov/)s (USAID) [South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Cooperation](http://www.sari-energy.org/) (SARI/E). The dataset contains Wind Power Density at 50-m Above Ground Level in the form of a GIS shapefile. The data were output in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) format and incorporated into a Geospatial Toolkit (GsT) which is provided in data resources. The GsT allows the user to examine the resource data in a geospatial context along with other key information relevant to renewable energy development, such as transportation networks, transmission corridors, existing power facilities, load centers, terrain conditions, and land use.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
57 Includes .adf files to be used with a GIS software. The files show the wind power density at 50 meters above the ground in Afghanistan. The geospatial toolkit provided in the "NREL Geospacial Toolkit" linked data resource is required to use the data. https://data.openei.org/files/105/afgpakwind.zip
21 The toolkit provided is required to view the GIS data provided in the "Wind Power Density at 50-m Above Ground Level GIS Data" data resource. https://www.nrel.gov/grid/wind-toolkit.html
21 To find wind data at 50 meters above the ground, navigate to the "Data Library" tab on the left side of the page. In "Countries", type "AF" and select Afghanistan. From the list, "Wind Speed - 50 meters" can be selected. This will display desired wind speed data. https://data.re-explorer.org/data-library/layers

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  • south-asia
  • afghanistan
  • 50-m
  • geospatial
  • wind-resource
  • fifty-meters
  • dataset
  • geospatial-toolkit
  • wind-power
  • renewable-energy
  • wind
  • power
  • wind-power-density
  • available-resource
  • gis
  • wind-energy
  • resource
  • energy

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