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Project Name:    Wind Resource Maps of Arizona



Deliverables:

1. Mean annual and seasonal maps and data of wind speed at 30, 50, 70 and 100 meters and wind power density at 50 meters on a 400 m grid.  Specifically, the following maps will be included (total of 26 maps):
a.    Mean annual and seasonal maps of the wind power density at 50 meters with overlays (A) and (B) (described below).  (Total of 10 maps.)
b.    Mean annual maps of wind speed at 30, 50, 70, and 100 meters with overlays (A) and (B).  (Total of 8 maps.)
c.    Mean seasonal maps of wind speed at 50 meters with overlays (A) and (B). (Total of 8 maps.)
d.    Mean annual and seasonal wind rose and Weibull k data on a 400 m grid.         

Overlays:
(A)    Major roads (state and national highways), transmission lines, major cities, State and Federal lands (including national parks), and county boundaries.
(B)    Major roads (state and national highways), transmission lines, major cities, State and Federal lands (including national parks), and Native American Reservation boundaries.                 

                 
2. Normalized monthly mean wind speed, wind rose, and Weibull k data at 30, 50, 70, and 100 meters and wind power density at 50 meters on an 8 km grid. Included will be a set of maps of monthly mean wind power density at 50 meters with the overlays (B) above (total of 12 maps).

3. Normalized annual and seasonal mean diurnal wind speed, wind rose, and Weibull k data on an 8 km grid at 30, 50, 70, and 100 meters, and wind power density at 50 meters. Included will be example plots of the diurnal wind speed variation at one specific location to be determined later by NAU. Example plots will be provided at this location for the annual and seasonal data (total of 5 plots).   

4. TrueWind will provide on a CD an ArcExplorer project file with associated shape and image files.  This will allow the project sponsors to view the wind speed and wind power density maps, zoom, pan, and query the data at any grid point.  Major roads, geographical boundaries, and other data layers will be included (Note that transmission overlays are not included due to copyright restrictions unless provided by the project sponsors to TrueWind).

5. CD ROM(s) with all supporting data.                               

6. Final Project Report.

7. Basic technical assistance provided to NAU and the Arizona Utility Partners to answer questions, assist in utilizing data files, and advise in continued validation of the map data.

8. All maps will be provided in both PDF and JPEG formats, as well as color printed maps on 11”X17” paper.  All map data will be provided as CSV files and in a GIS format suitable for use in ArcView. 

Price:

All work will be performed for a Firm Fixed Price of $40,000.  This price reflects a reduction of $25,000 in the actual cost due to a cost share from the NREL. Payment for the map will be made on the following schedule:
$15,000 up front when the purchase agreement is made.
$15,000 upon delivery of the preliminary wind map.
$10,000 upon delivery of the final report and all other deliverables specified above.

Schedule:
  1. Preliminary wind maps of mean annual wind speed and wind power density at 50 meters will be delivered in January 2003. 
  2. Delivery of the preliminary wind maps will be followed by validation of the wind map by staff at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), those interested Arizona Utility Partners and NAU, and a team of independent consulting meteorologists under contract to NREL.
  3. Delivery of all final wind maps, supporting data, interactive CD-ROM, and the Final Project Report is expected in April 2003.

Definition:
The Arizona Utility Partners are Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project and Tucson Electric Power.